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ArticleNature communications2021

Engineering of a bona fide light-operated calcium channel.

Lian He, Liuqing Wang, Hongxiang Zeng, Peng Tan, Guolin Ma, Sisi Zheng, Yaxin Li, Lin Sun, Fei Dou, Stefan Siwko and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Developing Optogenetic Approaches to Study CaCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2026
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  7. Optogenetic induction of subcellular CaCommunications biology · 2025
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  9. Optogenetic engineering for ion channel modulation.Current opinion in chemical biology · 2025
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  11. Optogenetic Strategies for Optimizing the Performance of Phospholipids Biosensors.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  12. ORAI CaBiomolecules · 2024
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  16. Cardiac optogenetics: shining light on signaling pathways.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Lian HeCenter for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, USA.
Liuqing WangBeijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8354-7711
Hongxiang ZengCenter for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, USA.
Peng TanCenter for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, USA.
Guolin MaCenter for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5460-3446
Sisi ZhengBeijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9283-4472
Yaxin LiBeijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Lin SunBeijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Fei DouBeijing Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering Drugs and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2003-6011
Stefan SiwkoCenter for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, USA.
Yun HuangCenter for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, USA. yun.huang@tamu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5950-9168
Youjun WangBeijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. wyoujun@bnu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0961-1716
Yubin ZhouCenter for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, USA. yubinzhou@tamu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7962-0517
Beijing Normal University · CNTexas A&M University · USPrevention Institute · USTexas Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current optogenetic toolkit lacks a robust single-component Ca

Indexed as

LightProtein EngineeringAnimalsBiophysical PhenomenaCalciumCalcium ChannelsDrosophilaHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansNerve DegenerationOptogeneticsCalciumCalcium Channels

Identifiers

PMID33431868
PMCPMC7801460
OpenAlexW3120668852

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