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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

A complement factor H homolog, heparan sulfation, and syndecan maintain inversin compartment boundaries in

Natalie Acker, Harold Smith, Claire Devine, Sharon L Oltjen, Sofia Tsiropoulou, Zeljka Smit-McBride, Karen Lange, Oliver E Blacque, Joanne A Matsubara, Andrew Gordus and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The extracellular matrix genebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  3. Ciliary Defects in Inherited Retinal Diseases.Advanced genetics (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026
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  6. Complement Factor H and itsbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Natalie AckerCenter for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Harold SmithLaboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.ORCID 0000-0002-3517-5973
Claire DevineCenter for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Sharon L OltjenDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Vitreoretinal Research Laboratory, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.ORCID 0000-0002-6698-4810
Sofia TsiropoulouSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-3760-9317
Zeljka Smit-McBrideDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Vitreoretinal Research Laboratory, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.ORCID 0000-0003-0275-8088
Karen LangeSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-2414-5277
Oliver E BlacqueSchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-1598-2695
Joanne A MatsubaraDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3N9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3689-3117
Andrew GordusDepartment of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21211.ORCID 0000-0002-5550-0286
Andy GoldenLaboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.ORCID 0000-0002-8599-2031
Bruce E VogelCenter for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201; bvogel@som.umaryland.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2576-3843
University College Dublin · IEUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USUniversity of California, Davis · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Genomics Core FacilityZICDK071001 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI HANOVER, JOHN A. · 2009 to 2023
$16.6M
Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
The Influence of Neuronal Variability on Perception and BehaviorR35GM124883 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Andrew George Gordus · 2017 to 2026
$3.8M
Molecular Genetics of a Complement Factor H homologR21EY030188 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI VOGEL, BRUCE E · 2019 to 2020
$386k
CIHRNEI NIH HHS R21 EY030188NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124883NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness among the elderly. Canonical disease models suggest that defective interactions between complement factor H (CFH) and cell surface heparan sulfate (HS) result in increased alternative complement pathway activity, cytolytic damage, and tissue inflammation in the retina. Although these factors are thought to contribute to increased disease risk, multiple studies indicate that noncanonical mechanisms that result from defective CFH and HS interaction may contribute to the progression of AMD as well. A total of 60 ciliated sensory neurons in the nematode

Indexed as

AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCiliaComplement Factor HHeparan SulfateMacular DegenerationNeuronsRetinaTranscription FactorsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsComplement Factor HHeparan SulfateNPHP-2 protein, C elegansTranscription Factorsciliacomplement factor Hheparan sulfateinversinsyndecan

Identifiers

PMID33859044
PMCPMC8072366
OpenAlexW3156874173

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