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ArticleNature2017

Activation mechanism of the calcium-activated chloride channel TMEM16A revealed by cryo-EM.

Cristina Paulino, Valeria Kalienkova, Andy K M Lam, Yvonne Neldner, Raimund Dutzler

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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 174 papers.

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174citing papers in PubMed
13.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

174 citing papers in PubMed, 304 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. [Transmembrane protein 16A--a new target for the treatment of airway inflammatory diseases].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2025
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  18. Calcium-activated chloride channel TMEM16A opens via pi-helical transition in transmembrane segment 4.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  19. Channeling Relaxation through Multiple Means: TMEM16A Antagonism for Asthma.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2025
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114 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cristina PaulinoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Valeria KalienkovaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Andy K M LamDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Yvonne NeldnerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
Raimund DutzlerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
University of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The calcium-activated chloride channel TMEM16A is a ligand-gated anion channel that opens in response to an increase in intracellular Ca

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyAnimalsAnoctamin-1Binding SitesCalciumCell MembraneGlycineIon Channel GatingIon TransportLigandsMiceModels, MolecularProtein ConformationStatic ElectricityANO1 protein, mouseAnoctamin-1CalciumGlycineLigands

Identifiers

PMID29236691
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