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ArticleAutophagy reports2024

Molecular structures and function of the autophagosome-lysosome fusion machinery.

Jiajie Diao, Calvin K Yip, Qing Zhong

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Article in Autophagy reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Jiajie DiaoDepartment of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
Calvin K YipLife Sciences Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Qing ZhongKey Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Department of Pathophysiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

The crosstalk of organelles involved in autophagosome biogenesisR35GM128837 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI Jiajie Diao · 2018 to 2026
$3.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macroautophagy (also known as autophagy) plays a pivotal role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. The terminal step of the multi-step autophagy degradation pathway involves fusion between the cargo-laden, double-membraned autophagosome and the lytic organelle lysosome/vacuole. Over the past decade, various core components of the molecular machinery that execute this critical terminal autophagy event have been identified. This review highlights recent advances in understanding the molecular structures, biochemical functions, and regulatory mechanisms of key components of this highly sophisticated machinery including the SNARE fusogens, tethering factors, Rab GTPases and associated guanine nucleotide exchange factors, and other accessory factors.

Indexed as

autophagosome-lysosome fusionAutophagyEPG5HOPSMon1-Ccz1Rab7SNAREsyntaxin-17tethering factors

Identifiers

PMID38344192
PMCPMC10852212
OpenAlexW4391536690

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