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ReviewPflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology2021

Structure and dynamics of photoreceptor sensory cilia.

Theodore G Wensel, Valencia L Potter, Abigail Moye, Zhixian Zhang, Michael A Robichaux

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In one paragraph

Review in Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 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
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Complement Factor H and itsbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  8. Ciliary ARL13B Is Essential for Vision and Morphogenesis of Cone Outer Segments.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  20. Double Hyperautofluorescence Rings as a Sign of CFAP410-related Retinopathy.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Theodore G WenselVera and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. twensel@bcm.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3518-9352
Valencia L PotterVera and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Abigail MoyeVera and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Zhixian ZhangVera and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Michael A RobichauxDepartments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Baylor College of Medicine · USTexas Medical Center · USWest Virginia University · US

Funding

MOLECULAR GENETICS EMPHASIZING VISION RESEARCHT32EY007102 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MARDON, GRAEME · 1988 to 2019
$3.8M
Cilium-Associated Structures in Rod CellsR01EY026545 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI WENSEL, THEODORE G · 2016 to 2024
$3.7M
REGULATION AND FUNCTION OF RETINAL PHOSPHOINOSITIDESR01EY031949 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI WENSEL, THEODORE G · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
Function of CEP290 protein in retinal ciliopathies and normal photoreceptor structure and function.F31EY028025 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI POTTER, VALENCIA · 2017 to 2020
$182k
Super resolution analysis of the subcellular effects of retinal gene therapyF32EY027171 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ROBICHAUX, MICHAEL · 2016 to 2018
$180k
Cep290 function in photoreceptor structure and disease.F32EY031574 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MOYE, ABIGAIL R · 2021 to 2022
$128k
NEI NIH HHS F31 EY028025NEI NIH HHS F32 EY027171NEI NIH HHS F32 EY031574NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026545NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031949NEI NIH HHS T32 EY007102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rod and cone photoreceptor cells of the vertebrate retina have highly specialized structures that enable them to carry out their function of light detection over a broad range of illumination intensities with optimized spatial and temporal resolution. Most prominent are their unusually large sensory cilia, consisting of outer segments packed with photosensitive disc membranes, a connecting cilium with many features reminiscent of the primary cilium transition zone, and a pair of centrioles forming a basal body which serves as the platform upon which the ciliary axoneme is assembled. These structures form a highway through which an enormous flux of material moves on a daily basis to sustain the continual turnover of outer segment discs and the energetic demands of phototransduction. After decades of study, the details of the fine structure and distribution of molecular components of these structures are still incompletely understood, but recent advances in cellular imaging techniques and animal models of inherited ciliary defects are yielding important new insights. This knowledge informs our understanding both of the mechanisms of trafficking and assembly and of the pathophysiological mechanisms of human blinding ciliopathies.

Indexed as

AnimalsCiliaHumansRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsRetinal Photoreceptor Cell Inner SegmentRetinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer SegmentCiliopathiesConesCytoskeletonElectron microscopyPhotoreceptorsPrimary ciliaRetinaRodsSuperresolution fluorescence

Identifiers

PMID34050409
PMCPMC11216635
OpenAlexW3165130624

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Registered trials

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