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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2024

Glia as Functional Barriers and Signaling Intermediaries.

Vilaiwan M Fernandes, Vanessa Auld, Christian Klämbt

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Glial Regulation of Circuit Wiring, Firing, and Expiring in theCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Vilaiwan M FernandesDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London UC1E 6DE, United Kingdom.
Vanessa AuldDepartment of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3976-9186
Christian KlämbtInstitute for Neuro- and Behavioral Biology, University of Münster, Münster 48149, Germany klaembt@uni-muenster.de.ORCID 0000-0002-6349-5800
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology · GBUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Münster · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glia play a crucial role in providing metabolic support to neurons across different species. To do so, glial cells isolate distinct neuronal compartments from systemic signals and selectively transport specific metabolites and ions to support neuronal development and facilitate neuronal function. Because of their function as barriers, glial cells occupy privileged positions within the nervous system and have also evolved to serve as signaling intermediaries in various contexts. The fruit fly,

Indexed as

Drosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsAnimalsDrosophilaNeurogliaNeuronsDrosophila Proteins

Identifiers

PMID38167424
PMCPMC10759988
OpenAlexW4390595480

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Registered trials

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