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ArticleNature2020

Glypicans shield the Wnt lipid moiety to enable signalling at a distance.

Ian J McGough, Luca Vecchia, Benjamin Bishop, Tomas Malinauskas, Karen Beckett, Dhira Joshi, Nicola O'Reilly, Christian Siebold, E Yvonne Jones, Jean-Paul Vincent

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ian J McGough *The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4622-5358
Luca Vecchia *Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-3180
Benjamin BishopDivision of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Tomas MalinauskasDivision of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4847-5529
Karen BeckettThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Dhira JoshiThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-2528
Nicola O'ReillyThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Christian SieboldDivision of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6635-3621
E Yvonne JonesDivision of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. yvonne@strubi.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3834-1893
Jean-Paul VincentThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. jp.vincent@crick.ac.uk.
Centre for Human Genetics · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 17721Cancer Research UK 26752Medical Research Council FC001204Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 102164/B/13/ZWellcome Trust 203141/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust FC001204
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A relatively small number of proteins have been suggested to act as morphogens-signalling molecules that spread within tissues to organize tissue repair and the specification of cell fate during development. Among them are Wnt proteins, which carry a palmitoleate moiety that is essential for signalling activity

Indexed as

LipidsSignal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFatty Acids, MonounsaturatedFemaleGlypicansHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMaleModels, MolecularMutationNuclear ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCell Cycle ProteinsDaxx protein, DrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsFatty Acids, MonounsaturatedGlypicansLipidsNuclear Proteinspalmitoleic acidTXNL4B protein, humanwg protein, DrosophilaWnt1 ProteinWnt Proteins

Identifiers

PMID32699409
PMCPMC7610841
OpenAlexW3035515218

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