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ArticleJournal of structural biology: X

3D mapping of native extracellular matrix reveals cellular responses to the microenvironment.

Zipora Lansky, Yael Mutsafi, Lothar Houben, Tal Ilani, Gad Armony, Sharon G Wolf, Deborah Fass

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Article in Journal of structural biology: X. 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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10citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zipora LanskyDepartment of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Yael MutsafiDepartment of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Lothar HoubenDepartment of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Tal IlaniDepartment of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Gad ArmonyDepartment of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Sharon G WolfDepartment of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Deborah FassDepartment of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Weizmann Institute of Science · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) are mutually interdependent: cells guide self-assembly of ECM precursors, and the resulting ECM architecture supports and instructs cells. Though bidirectional signaling between ECM and cells is fundamental to cell biology, it is challenging to gain high-resolution structural information on cellular responses to the matrix microenvironment. Here we used cryo-scanning transmission electron tomography (CSTET) to reveal the nanometer- to micron-scale organization of major fibroblast ECM components in a native-like context, while simultaneously visualizing internal cell ultrastructure including organelles and cytoskeleton. In addition to extending current models for collagen VI fibril organization, three-dimensional views of thick cell regions and surrounding matrix showed how ECM networks impact the structures and dynamics of intracellular organelles and how cells remodel ECM. Collagen VI and fibronectin were seen to distribute in fundamentally different ways in the cell microenvironment and perform distinct roles in supporting and interacting with cells. This work demonstrates that CSTET provides a new perspective for the study of ECM in cell biology, highlighting labeled extracellular elements against a backdrop of unlabeled but morphologically identifiable cellular features with nanometer resolution detail.

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Collagen VICryo electron microscopyExtracellular matrixFibronectinScanning transmission electron microscopyTomography

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PMID32055794
PMCPMC7001979
OpenAlexW2905926957

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