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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2018

Keratin 6 regulates collective keratinocyte migration by altering cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion.

Fengrong Wang, Song Chen, Hans B Liu, Carole A Parent, Pierre A Coulombe

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fengrong WangDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.
Song ChenDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.
Hans B LiuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Carole A ParentDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.ORCID 0000-0002-1518-1452
Pierre A CoulombeDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI coulombe@umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0680-2373
Johns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

Non-Canonical Functions of Keratin Proteins in SkinR01AR044232 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI COULOMBE, PIERRE · 1996 to 2020
$8.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR044232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The a and b isoforms of keratin 6 (K6), a type II intermediate filament (IF) protein, are robustly induced upon injury to interfollicular epidermis. We previously showed that complete loss of K6a/K6b stimulates keratinocyte migration, correlating with enhanced Src activity. In this study, we demonstrate that this property is cell autonomous, depends on the ECM, and results from elevated speed, enhanced directionality, and an increased rate of focal adhesion disassembly. We show that myosin IIA interacts with K6a/K6b, that its levels are markedly reduced in

Indexed as

Cell MovementAnimalsCell AdhesionDesmoplakinsExtracellular MatrixKeratin-6KeratinocytesMiceMice, Mutant StrainsDesmoplakinsDsp protein, mouseKeratin-6Krt6a protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID30389720
PMCPMC6279382
OpenAlexW2898733395

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