Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33849392›Full record

ReviewSmall GTPases2022

GPCRs that

Aishwarya Omble, Kiran Kulkarni

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Review in Small GTPases, 2022. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Decoding Rho GTPase signalling networks in directed cell migration.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
    Review
  2. The Genetics of Acne.Annals of human genetics · 2025
    Review
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aishwarya OmbleDivision of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7091-4578
Kiran KulkarniDivision of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7857-8932
National Chemical Laboratory · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell migration, a crucial step in numerous biological processes, is tightly regulated in space and time. Cells employ Rho GTPases, primarily Rho, Rac, and Cdc42, to regulate their motility. Like other small G proteins, Rho GTPases function as biomolecular switches in regulating cell migration by operating between GDP bound 'OFF' and GTP bound 'ON' states. Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) catalyse the shuttling of GTPases from OFF to ON state. G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of cell surface receptors that are involved in many signalling phenomena including cell survival and cell migration events. In this review, we summarize signalling mechanisms, involving GPCRs, leading to the activation of RhoGEFs. GPCRs exhibit diverse GEF activation modes that include the interaction of heterotrimeric G protein subunits with different domains of GEFs, phosphorylation, protein-protein interaction, protein-lipid interaction, and/or a combination of these processes.

Indexed as

Receptors, G-Protein-Coupledrho GTP-Binding ProteinsGTP-Binding ProteinsRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsSignal TransductionGTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupledrho GTP-Binding ProteinsRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsCell migrationcell signallingexchange factors (GEFs)G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)guanine nucleotideRho GTPases

Identifiers

PMID33849392
PMCPMC9707545
OpenAlexW3154434378

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Registered trials

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