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ArticleNature2024

Structure and assembly of a bacterial gasdermin pore.

Alex G Johnson, Megan L Mayer, Stefan L Schaefer, Nora K McNamara-Bordewick, Gerhard Hummer, Philip J Kranzusch

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
19.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The gasdermin family: from pyroptosis mechanisms to therapeutic targets.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  14. [Mechanisms of pyroptosis in metabolic diseases].Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025
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  16. Mechanistic insights into gasdermin-mediated pyroptosis.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025
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  17. Deciphering the language of mingling lipids and proteins.Current opinion in structural biology · 2025
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  18. Caveolin assemblies displace one bilayer leaflet to organize and bend membranes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alex G JohnsonDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. algejohnson@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4040-9797
Megan L MayerHarvard Center for Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Stefan L SchaeferDepartment of Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7942-8701
Nora K McNamara-BordewickDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Gerhard HummerDepartment of Theoretical Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7768-746X
Philip J KranzuschDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. philip_kranzusch@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4943-733X
Harvard University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USGoethe University Frankfurt · DEMax Planck Institute of Biophysics · DE

Funding

Pacific Northwest Center for Cryo-EM - Screening supplementU24GM129547 · NIGMS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI EVANS, JAMES E, GOUAUX, JAMES E · 2018 to 2023
$54.8M
Discovery of cGAS-like signaling enzymes in innate immunity and diseaseDP2GM146250 · NIGMS · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI KRANZUSCH, PHILIP J · 2021 to 2024
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM146250NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM129547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In response to pathogen infection, gasdermin (GSDM) proteins form membrane pores that induce a host cell death process called pyroptosis

Indexed as

GasderminsMyxococcalesCryoelectron MicroscopyHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMembrane LipidsMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein Structure, QuaternaryProtein SubunitsProteolysisPyroptosisGasderminsMembrane LipidsProtein Subunits

Identifiers

PMID38509367
PMCPMC11771145
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