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ArticleNature2025

NINJ1 regulates plasma membrane fragility under mechanical strain.

Yunfeng Zhu, Fang Xiao, Yiling Wang, Yufang Wang, Jialin Li, Dongmei Zhong, Zhilei Huang, Miao Yu, Zhirong Wang, Joshua Barbara and 15 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing 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

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. NINJ1: implications for plasma membrane rupture and disease.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  9. Structural and molecular principles of DAMP biology.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  10. Surveying the roles of NINJ1 in plasma membrane rupture.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  18. The role of NINJ1 in diseases.Cell death discovery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Yunfeng Zhu *Department of Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0009-0001-4381-7577
Fang Xiao *Department of Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yiling Wang *Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Yufang Wang *Institute of Precision Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jialin Li *Department of Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Dongmei Zhong *Institute of Precision Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0009-0007-0710-0302
Zhilei HuangInstitute of Precision Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Miao YuInstitute of Precision Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhirong WangInstitute of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0009-0003-9919-4043
Joshua BarbaraNovartis Biomedical Research, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-6735-7061
Christopher PlunkettNovartis Biomedical Research, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6888-9040
Mengxue ZengNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yiyan SongDepartment of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Tian TanDepartment of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Ruibin ZhangInstitute of Precision Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Kezhen XuInstitute of Precision Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhongxing WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Changjie CaiDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiangdong GuanDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Scott HammackNovartis Biomedical Research, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-2577-5730
Liang ZhangInstitute of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen, China.
Zheng ShiDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA. zheng.shi@rutgers.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5214-1871
Fu-Li XiangInstitute of Precision Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. xiangfli@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0009-0006-0666-0538
Feng ShaoNational Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9562-7791
Jie XuInstitute of Precision Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. xujie56@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4049-0991

Funding

Understanding the viscoelasticity, surface tension, and membrane interactions of biomolecular condensates in live cellsR35GM147027 · NIGMS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI Zheng Shi · 2022 to 2026
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM147027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integrity of the plasma membrane is vital for nearly all aspects of cell functioning

Indexed as

Cell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalCell MembraneStress, MechanicalAnimalsCell Membrane PermeabilityHumansMicePyroptosisCell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal

Identifiers

PMID40490006
PMCPMC12210241

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