Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33999994›Full record

ReviewDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2021

Bioelectric signaling as a unique regulator of development and regeneration.

Matthew P Harris

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Review in Development (Cambridge, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 138 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew P HarrisDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Department of Orthopaedics, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue Enders 260, Boston MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7201-4693
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Overgrowth Disorders of the LimbR01HD084985 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI HARRIS, MATTHEW P · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD084985
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well known that electrical signals are deeply associated with living entities. Much of our understanding of excitable tissues is derived from studies of specialized cells of neurons or myocytes. However, electric potential is present in all cell types and results from the differential partitioning of ions across membranes. This electrical potential correlates with cell behavior and tissue organization. In recent years, there has been exciting, and broadly unexpected, evidence linking the regulation of development to bioelectric signals. However, experimental modulation of electrical potential can have multifaceted and pleiotropic effects, which makes dissecting the role of electrical signals in development difficult. Here, I review evidence that bioelectric cues play defined instructional roles in orchestrating development and regeneration, and further outline key areas in which to refine our understanding of this signaling mechanism.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological TransportBody PatterningCell CommunicationElectrophysiological PhenomenaEmbryonic DevelopmentHumansIon ChannelsMembrane PotentialsRegenerationSignal TransductionIon ChannelsBioelectric signalingCompetenceDevelopmentInductionMorphogenetic fields

Identifiers

PMID33999994
PMCPMC8180260
OpenAlexW3162224458

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