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ReviewNeurochemical research2020

The Actin Cytoskeleton in Myelinating Cells.

Tanya L Brown, Wendy B Macklin

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In one paragraph

Review in Neurochemical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  4. Actin disassembly triggers CNS myelin compaction and wrapping.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. Mechanobiology of Myelin Generation/Regeneration in Health and Disease.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2026
    Review
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  9. Electrical Forces Improve Memory in Old Age.Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology · 2025
    Review
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  11. Regulators of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2024
    Review
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  13. SRF transcriptionally regulates the oligodendrocyte cytoskeleton during CNS myelination.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  15. The Contributions of the mTOR Complexes: How Does Regional and Temporal Heterogeneity Affect Myelination and Remyelination?The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  19. Daam2 Regulates Myelin Structure and the Oligodendrocyte Actin Cytoskeleton through Rac1 and Gelsolin.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tanya L BrownDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Wendy B MacklinDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. wendy.macklin@ucdenver.edu.
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

The role of mTOR signaling in oligodendrocyte differentiation and CNS myelinationR37NS082203 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MACKLIN, WENDY B, WOOD, TERESA L · 2017 to 2023
$6.0M
National Science Foundation DGE-1553798NIH HHS NS82203NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS082203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myelinating cells of both the peripheral and central nervous systems (CNSs) undergo dramatic cytoskeletal reorganization in order to differentiate and produce myelin. Myelinating oligodendrocytes in the CNS show a periodic actin pattern, demonstrating tight regulation of actin. Furthermore, recent data demonstrate that actin polymerization drives early cell differentiation and that actin depolymerization drives myelin wrapping. Dysregulation of the actin cytoskeleton in myelinating cells is seen in some disease states. This review highlights the cytoskeletal molecules that regulate differentiation of and myelination by cells of the PNS and CNS, informing our understanding of neural development, in particular myelination.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationActin CytoskeletonAnimalsCentral Nervous SystemHumansMyelin SheathOligodendrogliaActin cytoskeletonMyelinOligodendrocyteSchwann cell

Identifiers

PMID30847860
PMCPMC6732044
OpenAlexW2920987148

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Registered trials

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