Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22420621›Full record

ReviewTraffic (Copenhagen, Denmark)2012

Exorcising the exocyst complex.

Margaret R Heider, Mary Munson

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In one paragraph

Review in Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 194 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
194citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

194 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 339 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Systematic identification of tissue-conserved mbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. Preassembly and independent trafficking of the exocyst complex inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. The autophagy-specific exocyst subcomplex contributes to phagophore assembly site integrity by promoting phagophore expansion.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  10. PI(4,5)PBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2025
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  16. Emerging Roles of Exocyst Complex in Fungi: A Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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134 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margaret R HeiderDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Mary Munson
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Structure and Function of the Exocyst ComplexR01GM068803 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI MUNSON, MARY · 2005 to 2021
$7.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM068803NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM068803
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The exocyst complex is an evolutionarily conserved multisubunit protein complex implicated in tethering secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane. Originally identified two decades ago in budding yeast, investigations using several different eukaryotic systems have since made great progress toward determination of the overall structure and organization of the eight exocyst subunits. Studies point to a critical role for the complex as a spatiotemporal regulator through the numerous protein and lipid interactions of its subunits, although a molecular understanding of exocyst function has been challenging to elucidate. Recent progress demonstrates that the exocyst is also important for additional trafficking steps and cellular processes beyond exocytosis, with links to development and disease. In this review, we discuss current knowledge of exocyst architecture, assembly, regulation and its roles in a variety of cellular trafficking pathways.

Indexed as

Secretory PathwayAnimalsDrosophilaExocytosisHumansVesicular Transport ProteinsYeastsVesicular Transport Proteins

Identifiers

PMID22420621
PMCPMC3374049
OpenAlexW1586396057

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.