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ArticleNature2023

Structural basis of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in cell death.

Morris Degen, José Carlos Santos, Kristyna Pluhackova, Gonzalo Cebrero, Saray Ramos, Gytis Jankevicius, Ella Hartenian, Undina Guillerm, Stefania A Mari, Bastian Kohl and 7 more

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 145 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
145citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
45.9field-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

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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

145 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 221 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. NINJ1: implications for plasma membrane rupture and disease.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  12. Structural and molecular principles of DAMP biology.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  15. Surveying the roles of NINJ1 in plasma membrane rupture.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Morris Degen *Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3762-5779
José Carlos Santos *Department of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3446-4001
Kristyna Pluhackova *Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science, Cluster of Excellence EXC 2075, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. kristyna.pluhackova@simtech.uni-stuttgart.de.ORCID 0000-0002-7498-6584
Gonzalo CebreroBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7171-0921
Saray RamosDepartment of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6015-9310
Gytis JankeviciusBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Ella HartenianDepartment of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
Undina GuillermInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Stefania A MariDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6420-8578
Bastian KohlBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Daniel J MüllerDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3075-0665
Paul SchandaInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Klosterneuburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9350-7606
Timm MaierBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7459-1363
Camilo PerezBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5800-0084
Christian SiebenNanoscale Infection Biology Group, Department of Cell Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
Petr BrozDepartment of Immunobiology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland. petr.broz@unil.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-2334-7790
Sebastian HillerBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. sebastian.hiller@unibas.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-6709-4684
University of Basel · CHUniversity of Lausanne · CHBoard of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology · CHInstitute of Science and Technology Austria · ATHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DEUniversity of Stuttgart · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic cells can undergo different forms of programmed cell death, many of which culminate in plasma membrane rupture as the defining terminal event

Indexed as

Cell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalCell DeathCell MembraneNerve Growth FactorsAnimalsBiopolymersCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansMiceMutagenesis, Site-DirectedBiopolymersCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalNerve Growth FactorsNINJ1 protein, humanNinj1 protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID37198476
PMCPMC10307626
OpenAlexW4377010652

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