Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29999492›Full record

ArticleeLife2018

E-cadherin binds to desmoglein to facilitate desmosome assembly.

Omer Shafraz, Matthias Rübsam, Sara N Stahley, Amber L Caldara, Andrew P Kowalczyk, Carien M Niessen, Sanjeevi Sivasankar

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 90 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Omer Shafraz *Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-1959
Matthias Rübsam *Department of Dermatology, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Sara N StahleyDepartment of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States.
Amber L CaldaraDepartment of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States.
Andrew P KowalczykDepartment of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States.
Carien M NiessenDepartment of Dermatology, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Sanjeevi SivasankarDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2593-0477
Emory University · USIowa State University · USUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

Role of p0071 in Cutaneous Intercellular JunctionsR01AR048266 · NIAMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI ANDREW P. KOWALCZYK · 2002 to 2026
$8.2M
Microscope for ultrasensitive measurement of single-molecule interaction and conformationR01GM121885 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI SIVASANKAR, SANJEEVI · 2017 to 2024
$2.5M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR048266NIAMS NIH HHS R01AR048266NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121885NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM121885
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Desmosomes are adhesive junctions composed of two desmosomal cadherins: desmocollin (Dsc) and desmoglein (Dsg). Previous studies demonstrate that E-cadherin (Ecad), an adhesive protein that interacts in both

Indexed as

Protein MultimerizationAntigens, CDCadherinsDesmoglein 2DesmosomesHEK293 CellsHumansMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescenceProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingAntigens, CDCadherinsCDH1 protein, humanDesmoglein 2DSG2 protein, humancadherinscell adhesioncell biologydesmosomesnone

Identifiers

PMID29999492
PMCPMC6066328
OpenAlexW2821468461

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