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ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2017

δ-Protocadherins: Organizers of neural circuit assembly.

Sarah E W Light, James D Jontes

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Review in Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Structural Insights into Ordered Multicomponent Assemblies in Cell Junctions.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  6. iScience · 2023
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  7. The role of Pcdh10 in neurological disease and cancer.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023
    Review
  8. Crystal structure of the nonclassical cadherin-17 N-terminus and implications for its adhesive binding mechanism.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2021
    Article
  9. Expression of protocadherin-γC4 protein in the rat brain.The Journal of comparative neurology · 2020
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  12. Protocadherins at the Crossroad of Signaling Pathways.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2020
    Review
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah E W LightDepartment of Neuroscience, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Ohio State University, 1060 Carmack Rd., 113 Rightmire Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.
James D JontesDepartment of Neuroscience, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Ohio State University, 1060 Carmack Rd., 113 Rightmire Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, United States. Electronic address: jontes.1@osu.edu.
The Ohio State University · US

Funding

Protocadherins in zebrafish visual system developmentR01EY027003 · NEI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI JONTES, JAMES DAVID · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY027003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The δ-protocadherins comprise a small family of homophilic cell adhesion molecules within the larger cadherin superfamily. They are essential for neural development as mutations in these molecules give rise to human neurodevelopmental disorders, such as schizophrenia and epilepsy, and result in behavioral defects in animal models. Despite their importance to neural development, a detailed understanding of their mechanisms and the ways in which their loss leads to changes in neural function is lacking. However, recent results have begun to reveal roles for the δ-protocadherins in both regulation of neurogenesis and lineage-dependent circuit assembly, as well as in contact-dependent motility and selective axon fasciculation. These evolutionarily conserved mechanisms could have a profound impact on the robust assembly of the vertebrate nervous system. Future work should be focused on unraveling the molecular mechanisms of the δ-protocadherins and understanding how this family functions broadly to regulate neural development.

Indexed as

AnimalsCadherinsHumansModels, BiologicalNerve NetNervous System DiseasesPhylogenySynapsesCadherinsAdhesionDevelopmentNeurogenesisProtocadherins

Identifiers

PMID28751249
PMCPMC5582989
OpenAlexW2737516163

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Registered trials

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