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ArticleCell reports2021

NaCT/SLC13A5 facilitates citrate import and metabolism under nutrient-limited conditions.

Avi Kumar, Thekla Cordes, Anna E Thalacker-Mercer, Ana M Pajor, Anne N Murphy, Christian M Metallo

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Activity-dependent citrate dynamics in neurons.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  17. Regulatory Plasticity of the Human Genome.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Avi KumarDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Thekla CordesDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Anna E Thalacker-MercerDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA; Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Ana M PajorSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Anne N MurphyDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Christian M MetalloDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: metallo@salk.edu.
University of California San Diego · USCornell University · US

Funding

Non-essential amino acids and sphingolipid diversity in cancer progressionR01CA234245 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI METALLO, CHRISTIAN MICHAEL · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
Metabolic role of the neuronal Na+-dependent citrate transporter implicated in epilepsyR21NS104513 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI METALLO, CHRISTIAN MICHAEL, RHO, JONG MIN · 2018 to 2019
$426k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA234245NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS104513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Citrate lies at a critical node of metabolism, linking tricarboxylic acid metabolism and lipogenesis via acetyl-coenzyme A. Recent studies have observed that deficiency of the sodium-dependent citrate transporter (NaCT), encoded by SLC13A5, dysregulates hepatic metabolism and drives pediatric epilepsy. To examine how NaCT contributes to citrate metabolism in cells relevant to the pathophysiology of these diseases, we apply

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Acetyl Coenzyme AAdultAnimalsCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell HypoxiaCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCitratesFemaleGene EditingGlutamineHumansLipogenesisLiver NeoplasmsMaleNeuronsAcetyl Coenzyme ACitratesGlutamineNutrientsSLC13A5 protein, humanSymportersZinccitratehepatocellular carcinomalipogenesisNaCTneuronsSLC13A5zinc

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PMID34525352
PMCPMC8500708
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