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ArticleNature2026

Echinoderm stereom gradient structures enable mechanoelectrical perception.

Annan Chen, Ziqin Wang, Zhizi Guan, Jiajun Wu, Qi Wei Shi, Senlin Wang, Yusheng Shi, Bin Su, Chunze Yan, Zuankai Wang and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing 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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

11 authors.

Annan Chen *Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6385-3359
Ziqin Wang *Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0009-0008-8387-1587
Zhizi GuanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Jiajun WuState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Qi Wei ShiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0009-0002-5827-3215
Senlin WangState Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yusheng ShiState Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Bin SuState Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. subin@hust.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-7122-6694
Chunze YanState Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. c_yan@hust.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9052-9175
Zuankai WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. zk.wang@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-3510-1122
Jian LuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. jianlu@cityu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0001-5362-0316

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProgram for Innovative Research Team of the Ministry of EducationShenzhen Science and Technology Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular solids ubiquitously exist in natural systems and are crucial for living organisms

Indexed as

Sea UrchinsAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaMechanoreceptorsPrinting, Three-Dimensional

Identifiers

PMID41741637
PMCPMC12979197

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