Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32506169›Full record

ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2020

A comprehensive overview of substrate specificity of glycoside hydrolases and transporters in the small intestine : "A gut feeling".

Hidde Elferink, Jeroen P J Bruekers, Gerrit H Veeneman, Thomas J Boltje

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. In-Gel Activity Assay for Glycosidases.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hidde ElferinkInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Jeroen P J BruekersInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Gerrit H VeenemanPharmaCytics B.V., Noviotech Campus, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Thomas J BoltjeInstitute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. t.boltje@ru.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9141-8784
Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

Dutch Research Counsil TKI-NCI-LIFT
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human body is able to process and transport a complex variety of carbohydrates, unlocking their nutritional value as energy source or as important building block. The endogenous glycosyl hydrolases (glycosidases) and glycosyl transporter proteins located in the enterocytes of the small intestine play a crucial role in this process and digest and/or transport nutritional sugars based on their structural features. It is for these reasons that glycosidases and glycosyl transporters are interesting therapeutic targets to combat sugar related diseases (such as diabetes) or to improve drug delivery. In this review we provide a detailed overview focused on the molecular structure of the substrates involved as a solid base to start from and to fuel research in the area of therapeutics and diagnostics.

Indexed as

AnimalsGlycoside HydrolasesHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsIntestine, SmallLactoseMembrane Transport ProteinsSubstrate SpecificityGlycoside HydrolasesLactoseMembrane Transport Proteins

Identifiers

PMID32506169
PMCPMC7658089
OpenAlexW3033504363

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