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ArticleNature2022

Structure and mechanism of the SGLT family of glucose transporters.

Lei Han, Qianhui Qu, Deniz Aydin, Ouliana Panova, Michael J Robertson, Yan Xu, Ron O Dror, Georgios Skiniotis, Liang Feng

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Article in Nature, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
71citing papers in PubMed
15.3field-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

71 citing papers in PubMed, 140 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lei Han *Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Qianhui Qu *Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Deniz Aydin *Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2758-2480
Ouliana PanovaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Michael J RobertsonDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2610-680X
Yan XuDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ron O DrorDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6418-2793
Georgios SkiniotisDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. yiorgo@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-7846
Liang FengDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. liangf@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6171-2050
Stanford University · USStanford Medicine · USFudan University · CN

Funding

Molecular Mechanism and Novel Therapeutic Strategy in Alzheimer's DiseaseDP2AG052940 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FENG, LIANG · 2015 to 2018
$2.6M
NIA NIH HHS DP2 AG052940
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucose is a primary energy source in living cells. The discovery in 1960s that a sodium gradient powers the active uptake of glucose in the intestine

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyGlucoseHumansMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersSodiumSodium-Glucose Transporter 1Substrate SpecificityGlucoseMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersSLC5A1 protein, humanSLC5A8 protein, humanSodiumSodium-Glucose Transporter 1

Identifiers

PMID34880492
PMCPMC9482448
OpenAlexW4200379539

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