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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology2020

Signaling in the primary cilium through the lens of the Hedgehog pathway.

Eduardo D Gigante, Tamara Caspary

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Review in Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Broadening horizons: Pathogenesis and therapeutics of renal ciliopathies.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2026
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  4. Primary cilia and neural computation.Journal of biomedical science · 2026
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  12. G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signal Intersection at the Primary Cilium.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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  19. NEKL-4 regulates microtubule stability and mitochondrial health inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eduardo D GiganteGraduate Program in Neuroscience, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1486-5377
Tamara CasparyDepartment of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6579-7589
Emory University · US

Funding

Training In Systems And Integrative Biology NeuroscienceT32NS096050 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Yoland Smith · 2016 to 2026
$3.9M
Genetic Dissection of Signaling and CiliaR35GM122549 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CASPARY, TAMARA J. · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Mechanisms underlying Joubert syndrome related brain malformationsR01NS090029 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ANTON, EVA S, CASPARY, TAMARA J. · 2015 to 2018
$1.9M
Defining the relationship of ciliary Arl13b and SmoothenedF31NS106755 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GIGANTE, EDUARDO D. · 2019 to 2020
$91k
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122549NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS106755NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS090029NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS096050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cilia are microtubule-based, cell-surface projections whose machinery is evolutionarily conserved. In vertebrates, cilia are observed on almost every cell type and are either motile or immotile. Immotile sensory, or primary cilia, are responsive to extracellular ligands and signals. Cilia can be thought of as compartments, functionally distinct from the cell that provides an environment for signaling cascades. Hedgehog is a critical developmental signaling pathway which is functionally linked to primary cilia in vertebrates. The major components of the vertebrate Hedgehog signaling pathway dynamically localize to the ciliary compartment and ciliary membrane. Critically, G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) Smoothened, the obligate transducer of the pathway, is enriched and activated in the cilium. While Smoothened is the most intensely studied ciliary receptor, many GPCRs localize within cilia. Understanding the link between Smoothened and cilia defines common features, and distinctions, of GPCR signaling within the primary cilium. This article is categorized under: Signaling Pathways > Global Signaling Mechanisms Signaling Pathways > Cell Fate Signaling.

Indexed as

AnimalsCiliaHedgehog ProteinsHumansReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionSmoothened ReceptorVertebratesHedgehog ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSmoothened ReceptorSMO protein, humanciliaGPCRHedgehogsmoothened

Identifiers

PMID32084300
PMCPMC7444278
OpenAlexW3007243279

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