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ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2018

Microtubule dynamics: moving toward a multi-scale approach.

Mahya Hemmat, Brian T Castle, David J Odde

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Review in Current opinion in cell biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Imaging microtubule dynamics: A new frontier in biomarker development for neurodegenerative diseases.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  5. Beyond the GTP-cap: Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of microtubule catastrophe.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2023
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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.

Mahya HemmatDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Brian T CastleDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
David J OddeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address: oddex002@umn.edu.
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

Molecular mechanisms and cellular implications of tau dysfunctionRF1AG053951 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ODDE, DAVID J., RHOADES, ELIZABETH · 2016 to 2018
$2.9M
NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG053951
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microtubule self-assembly dynamics serve to facilitate many vital cellular functions, such as chromosome segregation during mitosis and synaptic plasticity. However, the detailed atomistic basis of assembly dynamics has remained an unresolved puzzle. A key challenge is connecting together the vast range of relevant length-time scales, events happening at time scales ranging from nanoseconds, such as tubulin molecular interactions (Å-nm), to minutes-hours, such as the cellular response to microtubule dynamics during mitotic progression (μm). At the same time, microtubule interactions with associated proteins and binding agents, such as anti-cancer drugs, can strongly affect this dynamic process through atomic-level mechanisms that remain to be elucidated. New high-resolution technologies for investigating these interactions, including cryo-electron microscopy (EM) techniques and total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, are yielding important new insights. Here, we focus on recent studies of microtubule dynamics, both theoretical and experimental, and how these findings shed new light on this complex phenomenon across length-time scales, from Å to μm and from nanoseconds to minutes.

Indexed as

Chromosome SegregationCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMicrotubulesMitosisNeoplasmsNeurodegenerative DiseasesThermodynamicsTubulinMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsTubulin

Identifiers

PMID29351860
PMCPMC5911414
OpenAlexW2787811088

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