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ArticleNature2017

The lysosomal potassium channel TMEM175 adopts a novel tetrameric architecture.

Changkeun Lee, Jiangtao Guo, Weizhong Zeng, Sunghoon Kim, Ji She, Chunlei Cang, Dejian Ren, Youxing Jiang

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Article in Nature, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Changkeun LeeDepartment of Physiology and Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA.
Jiangtao GuoDepartment of Physiology and Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA.
Weizhong ZengDepartment of Physiology and Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA.
Sunghoon KimDepartment of Physiology and Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA.
Ji SheDepartment of Physiology and Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA.
Chunlei CangDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Dejian RenDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Youxing JiangDepartment of Physiology and Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Sodium Leak Channels and Regulation by NeurotransmittersR01NS055293 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI REN, DEJIAN · 2008 to 2017
$3.6M
Structural mechanisms of ion selectivity and gating in tetrameric cation channelsR01GM079179 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI JIANG, YOUXING · 2007 to 2019
$3.5M
Regulation of Neuronal Excitability by Extracellular CalciumR01NS074257 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI REN, DEJIAN · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079179NIH HHS GM079179NIH HHS NS055293NIH HHS NS074257NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS055293NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS074257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TMEM175 is a lysosomal K

Indexed as

Protein Structure, QuaternaryHEK293 CellsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsIsoleucineLysosomesModels, MolecularPotassium ChannelsIsoleucinePotassium ChannelsTMEM175 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID28723891
PMCPMC5901963
OpenAlexW2736768507

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