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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2018

Flexible Roles for Proteoglycan Sulfation and Receptor Signaling.

Panpan Yu, Craig S Pearson, Herbert M Geller

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Coarse-Grained Martini 3 Model of Chondroitin Sulfate A.Journal of chemical theory and computation · 2026
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  18. Extracellular Matrix in Neural Plasticity and Regeneration.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2022
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Panpan YuGuangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration; Ministry of Education Joint International Research Laboratory of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. Electronic address: yupanpan21@jnu.edu.cn.
Craig S PearsonLaboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Herbert M GellerLaboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: geller@helix.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · USJinan University · CN

Funding

Signaling by Chondroitin Sulfate ProteoglycansZIAHL006021 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI GELLER, HERBERT M. · 2009 to 2022
$12.3M
Translational Studied of Chondroitin Sulfate ProteoglycansZIAHL006135 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI GELLER, HERBERT M. · 2011 to 2022
$2.3M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HL006021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteoglycans (PGs) in the extracellular matrix (ECM) play vital roles in axon growth and navigation, plasticity, and regeneration of injured neurons. Different classes of PGs may support or inhibit cell growth, and their functions are determined in part by highly specific structural features. Among these, the pattern of sulfation on the PG sugar chains is a paramount determinant of a diverse and flexible set of outcomes. Recent studies of PG sulfation illustrate the challenges of attributing biological actions to specific sulfation patterns, and suggest ways in which highly similar molecules may exert opposing effects on neurons. The receptors for PGs, which have yet to be fully characterized, display a similarly nuanced spectrum of effects. Different classes of PG function via overlapping families of receptors and signaling pathways. This enables them to control axon growth and guidance with remarkable specificity, but it poses challenges for determining the precise binding interactions and downstream effects of different PGs and their assorted sulfated epitopes. This review examines existing and emerging evidence for the roles of PG sulfation and receptor interactions in determining how these complex molecules influence neuronal development, growth, and function.

Indexed as

AnimalsMembrane Transport ProteinsNeuronal OutgrowthNeuronsProteoglycansSignal TransductionMembrane Transport ProteinsProteoglycansaxon guidancechondroitin sulfateextracellular matrixproteoglycansulfation

Identifiers

PMID29150096
PMCPMC5748001
OpenAlexW2768934843

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