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ReviewPlatelets2021

Mind the gap: connexins and pannexins in platelet function.

Kirk A Taylor, Gemma Little, Jonathan M Gibbins

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In one paragraph

Review in Platelets, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kirk A TaylorInstitute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Reading, Reading, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4599-7727
Gemma LittleInstitute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Reading, Reading, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9810-4358
Jonathan M GibbinsInstitute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Reading, Reading, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0372-5352
University of Reading · GBImperial College London · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/17/31/32848British Heart Foundation PG/17/76/33082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Connexins are a family of gap junction forming proteins widely expressed by mammalian cells. They assemble into hexameric hemichannels, which can either function independently or dock with opposing hemichannels on apposite cells, forming a gap junction. Pannexins are structurally related to the connexins but extensive glycosylation of these channels prevents docking to form gap junctions and they function as membrane channels. Platelets express pannexin-1 and several connexin family members (Cx37, Cx40 and Cx62). These channels are permeable to molecules up to 1,000 Daltons in molecular mass and functional studies demonstrate their role in non-vesicular ATP release. Channel activation is regulated by (patho)physiological stimuli, such as mechanical stimulation, making them attractive potential drug targets for the management of arterial thrombosis. This review explores the structure and function of platelet pannexin-1 and connexins, the mechanisms by which they are gated and their therapeutic potential.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood PlateletsConnexinsHumansMicePlatelet Function TestsConnexinsPlatelets; Ion Channel; Connexin; Pannexin-1; Gap junction

Identifiers

PMID33818243
PMCPMC8437093
OpenAlexW3143018408

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Registered trials

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