ReviewTrends in cell biology2019
Cell Fusion: Merging Membranes and Making Muscle.
Review in Trends in cell biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 136 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Angiogenin mediates cell-cell fusion as a mitochondrial RNA processing enzyme.Bone research · 2026Article
- Progress on cell therapy for skeletal muscle disorders.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2026Review
- Protein-free membrane fusion: A refined view of the delicate fusogenic properties of calcium.Biophysical journal · 2026Article
- Review of the Pathology of Muscle in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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- The influence of cell-cell fusion on cancer heterogeneity and its promise for targeted treatments.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Mitochondrial transfer: a novel paradigm for wound healing.Burns & trauma · 2026Review
- How Do Cancer Cells Fuse and Why?Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Glioma cells achieve malignant progression by fusion with macrophages to gain high SLC7A5 expression.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Article
- Shaping 3D minimal model tissues with mechanical constraints to orchestrate muscle differentiation.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Muscle-specific gene editing therapy via mammalian fusogen-directed virus-like particles.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Differentially expressed fusogens specify myocyte states to drive myogenesis.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Impaired myogenesis in limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Stage-specific requirement for METTL3-dependent mCommunications biology · 2025Article
- Cell surface crowding is a tunable energetic barrier to cell-cell fusion.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Placental cytotrophoblast microvillar stabilization is required for cell-cell fusion.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Cell-cell fusion: To lose one life and begin another.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Measurement of Myonuclear Accretion In Vitro and In Vivo.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Article
19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Cell fusion is essential for the development of multicellular organisms, and plays a key role in the formation of various cell types and tissues. Recent findings have highlighted the varied protein machinery that drives plasma-membrane merger in different systems, which is characterized by diverse structural and functional elements. We highlight the discovery and activities of several key sets of fusion proteins that together offer an evolving perspective on cell membrane fusion. We also emphasize recent discoveries in vertebrate myoblast fusion in skeletal muscle, which is composed of numerous multinucleated myofibers formed by the fusion of progenitor cells during development.
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