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ArticleNature communications2020

Tracking down the molecular architecture of the synaptonemal complex by expansion microscopy.

Fabian U Zwettler, Marie-Christin Spindler, Sebastian Reinhard, Teresa Klein, Andreas Kurz, Ricardo Benavente, Markus Sauer

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07639359 (Ketamine In Depression - Intensive Care Unit Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07639359 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Ketamine In Depression - Intensive Care Unit Trial (KID-ICU): A Phase II Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Study of Ketamine Infusion for Depressive Symptoms in Intensive Care Unit Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorHospital Italiano de Buenos AiresRan2026 to 2027Enrolled50ConditionsDepression Disorder, KetamineArmsKetamine (0.5 mg/kg), Normal Saline (0.9% NaCl)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Multi-step implementation of meiotic crossover patterning.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fabian U Zwettler *Department of Biotechnology and Biophysics Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
Marie-Christin Spindler *Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0300-3867
Sebastian ReinhardDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
Teresa KleinDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
Andreas KurzDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
Ricardo BenaventeDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany. benavente@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de.
Markus SauerDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany. m.sauer@uni-wuerzburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1692-3219
University of Würzburg · DE

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a meiosis-specific nuclear multiprotein complex that is essential for proper synapsis, recombination and segregation of homologous chromosomes. We combined structured illumination microscopy (SIM) with different expansion microscopy (ExM) protocols including U-ExM, proExM, and magnified analysis of the proteome (MAP) to investigate the molecular organization of the SC. Comparison with structural data obtained by single-molecule localization microscopy of unexpanded SCs allowed us to investigate ultrastructure preservation of expanded SCs. For image analysis, we developed an automatic image processing software that enabled unbiased comparison of structural properties pre- and post-expansion. Here, MAP-SIM provided the best results and enabled reliable three-color super-resolution microscopy of the SCs of a whole set of chromosomes in a spermatocyte with 20-30 nm spatial resolution. Our data demonstrate that post-expansion labeling by MAP-SIM improves immunolabeling efficiency and allowed us thus to unravel previously hidden details of the molecular organization of SCs.

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AnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsImaging, Three-DimensionalMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopyProteomeSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedSynaptonemal ComplexCell Cycle ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsProteomeSycp3 protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID32591508
PMCPMC7320163
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