Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30951647›Full record

ReviewAnnual review of biophysics2019

Regulation of Transmembrane Signaling by Phase Separation.

Lindsay B Case, Jonathon A Ditlev, Michael K Rosen

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Review in Annual review of biophysics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 176 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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176citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

176 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Lindsay B CaseDepartment of Biophysics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA; email: lindsay.case@utsouthwestern.edu , jonathon.ditlev@utsouthwestern.edu , michael.rosen@utsouthwestern.edu.
Jonathon A DitlevDepartment of Biophysics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA; email: lindsay.case@utsouthwestern.edu , jonathon.ditlev@utsouthwestern.edu , michael.rosen@utsouthwestern.edu.
Michael K RosenDepartment of Biophysics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA; email: lindsay.case@utsouthwestern.edu , jonathon.ditlev@utsouthwestern.edu , michael.rosen@utsouthwestern.edu.

Funding

Stability and dynamics of nephrin/Nck/N-WASp clusters on membranesF32DK101188 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DITLEV, JONATHON A · 2014 to 2016
$164k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK101188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell surface transmembrane receptors often form nanometer- to micrometer-scale clusters to initiate signal transduction in response to environmental cues. Extracellular ligand oligomerization, domain-domain interactions, and binding to multivalent proteins all contribute to cluster formation. Here we review the current understanding of mechanisms driving cluster formation in a series of representative receptor systems: glycosylated receptors, immune receptors, cell adhesion receptors, Wnt receptors, and receptor tyrosine kinases. We suggest that these clusters share properties of systems that undergo liquid-liquid phase separation and could be investigated in this light.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCell MembraneHumansLigandsPolymerizationReceptors, Cell SurfaceLigandsReceptors, Cell Surfacebiomolecular condensatescell signalingphase separationreceptor clustersreceptor organization

Identifiers

PMID30951647
PMCPMC6771929

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