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ReviewFrontiers in molecular biosciences2022

Role of Globotriaosylceramide in Physiology and Pathology.

Ana Beatriz Celi, Jorge Goldstein, María Victoria Rosato-Siri, Alipio Pinto

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Review in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ana Beatriz CeliLaboratorio de Neurofisiopatología, Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica "Houssay", CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jorge GoldsteinLaboratorio de Neurofisiopatología, Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica "Houssay", CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María Victoria Rosato-SiriDepartamento de Física Médica/Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, Centro Atómico Bariloche, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.
Alipio PintoLaboratorio de Neurofisiopatología, Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica "Houssay", CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
University of Buenos Aires · ARBariloche Atomic Centre · ARConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · AR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At first glance, the biological function of globoside (Gb) clusters appears to be that of glycosphingolipid (GSL) receptors for bacterial toxins that mediate host-pathogen interaction. Indeed, certain bacterial toxin families have been evolutionarily arranged so that they can enter eukaryotic cells through GSL receptors. A closer look reveals this molecular arrangement allocated on a variety of eukaryotic cell membranes, with its role revolving around physiological regulation and pathological processes. What makes Gb such a ubiquitous functional arrangement? Perhaps its peculiarity is underpinned by the molecular structure itself, the nature of Gb-bound ligands, or the intracellular trafficking unleashed by those ligands. Moreover, Gb biological conspicuousness may not lie on intrinsic properties or on its enzymatic synthesis/degradation pathways. The present review traverses these biological aspects, focusing mainly on globotriaosylceramide (Gb3), a GSL molecule present in cell membranes of distinct cell types, and proposes a wrap-up discussion with a phylogenetic view and the physiological and pathological functional alternatives.

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cancerGb3glycosphingolipid pathologyglycosphingolipid physiologyglycosphingolipidshemolytic uremic syndrome

Identifiers

PMID35372499
PMCPMC8967256
OpenAlexW4220951337

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