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ArticleeLife2021

The mechanism of MICU-dependent gating of the mitochondrial Ca

Vivek Garg, Junji Suzuki, Ishan Paranjpe, Tiffany Unsulangi, Liron Boyman, Lorin S Milescu, W Jonathan Lederer, Yuriy Kirichok

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Mechanistic Modeling of MCUx Gatekeeping, CaAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2026
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  5. Phenotypic CRISPR screens identify NLRX1 as an essential activator of the human mitochondrial permeability transition.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling in Hepatocyte Health and Disease.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2026
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  12. MICU proteins facilitate CaResearch square · 2025
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  13. Mitochondrial CaCell calcium · 2025
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  15. Structure and function of the human mitochondrial MRS2 channel.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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  16. MICUs protect the heart by regulating mitochondrial calcium.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2024
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  17. Calcium signaling in mitochondrial intermembrane space.Biochemical Society transactions · 2024
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  18. MCU genetically altered mice suggest how mitochondrial CaTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2024
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vivek GargDepartment of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6940-5415
Junji SuzukiDepartment of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Ishan ParanjpeDepartment of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Tiffany UnsulangiDepartment of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Liron BoymanDepartment of Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States.
Lorin S MilescuDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, United States.
W Jonathan LedererDepartment of Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States.
Yuriy KirichokDepartment of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7155-843X
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

UCSF Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK098722 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHRISTIAN VAISSE · 2015 to 2026
$14.6M
Molecular Biophysics of Mitochondrial MembranesR35GM136415 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Yuriy Kirichok · 2020 to 2026
$4.7M
Mitochondrial Uncoupling and Thermogenesis in Adipose TissuesR01GM107710 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KIRICHOK, YURIY · 2015 to 2018
$1.6M
Molecular Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Calcium UptakeR01GM134536 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KIRICHOK, YURIY · 2019 to 2019
$377k
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK098722NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107710NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM134536NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136415
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ca

Indexed as

AnimalsCalciumCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell LineCells, CulturedMiceMitochondriaMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMolecular ImagingPatch-Clamp TechniquesSodiumCalciumCalcium-Binding ProteinsMICU1 protein, mouseMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsSodiumcalcium signalingion channelsmitochondriamitochondrial calcium uniportermolecular biophysicsmousemouse embryonic fibroblastspatch clampstructural biology

Identifiers

PMID34463251
PMCPMC8437439
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