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ArticleCell reports2017

αE-Catenin Is a Positive Regulator of Pancreatic Islet Cell Lineage Differentiation.

Antonio J Jimenez-Caliani, Rudolf Pillich, Wendy Yang, Giuseppe R Diaferia, Paolo Meda, Laura Crisa, Vincenzo Cirulli

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Article in Cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Antonio J Jimenez-CalianiDepartment of Medicine, UW Diabetes Institute, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Dermatology, Rheumatology, Diabetology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Rudolf PillichDepartment of Medicine, UW Diabetes Institute, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Wendy YangDepartment of Medicine, UW Diabetes Institute, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Giuseppe R DiaferiaDepartment of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Paolo MedaDepartment of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Laura CrisaDepartment of Medicine, UW Diabetes Institute, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: lcrisa@uw.edu.
Vincenzo CirulliDepartment of Medicine, UW Diabetes Institute, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: vcirulli@uw.edu.
University of Washington · USEuropean Institute of Oncology · ITUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

Vector and Transgenic Mouse CoreP30DK017047 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Sakeneh Zraika · 1986 to 2026
$41.4M
Vision Research CoreP30EY001730 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MAUREEN E NEITZ · 1985 to 2026
$23.5M
IVEM and Image Analysis ResourceP41GM103412 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ELLISMAN, MARK H · 2012 to 2019
$17.9M
Pharmacological Sciences SupplementT32GM007750 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ATKINS, WILLIAM M · 1985 to 2023
$12.6M
Integrin-linked kinase in pancreas developmentR01DK103711 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CIRULLI, VINCENZINO · 2016 to 2019
$1.7M
Endothelial Progenitors As Islet Vascular AddressR01HL075270 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CRISA, LAURA · 2006 to 2009
$1.7M
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 56006778NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001730NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL075270NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK017047NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK103711NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103412NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007750
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development and function of epithelia depend on the establishment and maintenance of cell-cell adhesion and intercellular junctions, which operate as mechanosensor hubs for the transduction of biochemical signals regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, survival, and regeneration. Here, we show that αE-catenin, a key component of adherens junctions, functions as a positive regulator of pancreatic islet cell lineage differentiation by repressing the sonic hedgehog pathway (SHH). Thus, deletion of αE-catenin in multipotent pancreatic progenitors resulted in (1) loss of adherens junctions, (2) constitutive activation of SHH, (3) decrease in islet cell lineage differentiation, and (4) accumulation of immature Sox9

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationCell LineageAdherens Junctionsalpha CateninAnimalsFemaleHedgehog ProteinsIslets of LangerhansMaleMiceSOX9 Transcription Factoralpha CateninHedgehog ProteinsSox9 protein, mouseSOX9 Transcription Factoradherens junctionscell polarityislet progenitorspancreas developmentPdx1sonic hedgehogSox9α-cateninβ cells

Identifiers

PMID28793255
PMCPMC5611824
OpenAlexW2744337003

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