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ReviewThe FEBS journal2018

Rubicon: LC3-associated phagocytosis and beyond.

Sing-Wai Wong, Payel Sil, Jennifer Martinez

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
73citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. ENKD1 attenuates antibacterial immunity by facilitating TRIM21-mediated RUBCN degradation to suppress LC3-associated phagocytosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  14. The Biological Role and Clinical Significance of BECLIN-1 in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  17. Metabolic Implications of Efferocytosis During Inflammation.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sing-Wai WongImmunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Payel SilImmunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Jennifer MartinezImmunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Characterization of the molecular mechanisms of LC3-associated phagocytosis and its role in disease pathogenesisZIAES103286 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MARTINEZ, JENNIFER · 2015 to 2021
$9.2M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 ES999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES103286
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rubicon (Rubcn) was initially identified as a component of the Class III PI3K complex and a negative regulator of canonical autophagy and endosomal trafficking. However, Rubicon has attracted the most notoriety because of its critical role in LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP), a form of noncanonical autophagy that utilizes some components of the autophagy machinery to process extracellular cargo. Additionally, Rubicon has been identified as a key modulator of the inflammatory response and viral replication. In this review, we discuss the known functions of Rubicon in LAP and other signaling pathways and examine the disease pathologies associated with Rubicon dysfunction in animal models and humans.

Indexed as

AutophagyPhagocytosisAnimalsAutophagy-Related ProteinsEndosomesHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsModels, BiologicalPhagosomesSignal TransductionAutophagy-Related ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMAP1LC3A protein, humanMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsRUBCN protein, humanautoimmunityautophagyendosomeimmunologyinterferonLC3-associated phagocytosis

Identifiers

PMID29215797
PMCPMC6779045
OpenAlexW2773257251

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Registered trials

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