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ReviewSignal transduction and targeted therapy

Let's talk about Secs: Sec61, Sec62 and Sec63 in signal transduction, oncology and personalized medicine.

Maximilian Linxweiler, Bernhard Schick, Richard Zimmermann

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Review in Signal transduction and targeted therapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers.

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100citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

100 citing papers in PubMed, 178 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maximilian LinxweilerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.
Bernhard SchickDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery; Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.
Richard ZimmermannInstitute of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Saarland University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The heterotrimeric Sec61 complex and the dimeric Sec62/Sec63 complex are located in the membrane of the human endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and play a central role in translocation of nascent and newly synthesized precursor polypeptides into the ER. This process involves targeting of the precursors to the membrane and opening of the polypeptide conducting Sec61 channel for translocation. Apart from this central role in the intracellular transport of polypeptides, several studies of the last decade uncovered additional functions of Sec proteins in intracellular signaling: Sec62 can induce ER-phagy in the process of recovery of cells from ER stress and the Sec61 channel can also act as a passive ER calcium leak channel. Furthermore, mutations, amplifications and an overexpression of the

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PMID29263911
PMCPMC5661625
OpenAlexW2607729166

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