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ReviewTrends in cell biology2020

Actin Cell Cortex: Structure and Molecular Organization.

Tatyana M Svitkina

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
103citing papers in PubMed
12.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

103 citing papers in PubMed, 207 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Alterations of actin in aging.Journal of cell science · 2026
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  8. Building the bridges: molecular mechanisms of tunneling nanotube formation.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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43 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tatyana M SvitkinaDepartment of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: svitkina@sas.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Multifaceted roles of nonmuscle myosin II in cell adhesion and migrationR01GM095977 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SVITKINA, TATYANA · 2013 to 2020
$2.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM095977
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The actin cytoskeleton consists of structurally and biochemically different actin filament arrays. Among them, the actin cortex is thought to have key roles in cell mechanics, but remains a poorly characterized part of the actin cytoskeleton. The cell cortex is typically defined as a thin layer of actin meshwork that uniformly underlies the plasma membrane of the entire cell. However, this definition applies only to specific cases. In general, the cortex structure and subcellular distribution vary significantly across cell types and physiological states of the cell. In this review, I focus on our current knowledge of the structure and molecular composition of the cell cortex.

Indexed as

ActinsCellsCytoskeletonHumansSubcellular FractionsActinsactin cytoskeletoncell cortexultrastructure

Identifiers

PMID32278656
PMCPMC7566779
OpenAlexW3015871332

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Registered trials

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