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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Surfing on Membrane Waves: Microvilli, Curved Membranes, and Immune Signaling.

Ron Orbach, Xiaolei Su

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Morphological remodeling of canine lymphocytes in Ehrlichia canis infection: quantitative analysis by scanning electron microscopy and fractal dimension.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2026
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  16. The physical landscape of CAR-T synapse.Biophysical journal · 2024
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  18. Administration of probiotics affectsFish and shellfish immunology reports · 2023
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  20. Annual review of cell and developmental biology · 2023
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ron OrbachDepartment of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Xiaolei SuDepartment of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Yale Cancer Center · USYale University · US

Funding

Spatial Organization of Membrane SignalingR35GM138299 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SU, XIAOLEI · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microvilli are finger-like membrane protrusions, supported by the actin cytoskeleton, and found on almost all cell types. A growing body of evidence suggests that the dynamic lymphocyte microvilli, with their highly curved membranes, play an important role in signal transduction leading to immune responses. Nevertheless, challenges in modulating local membrane curvature and monitoring the high dynamicity of microvilli hampered the investigation of the curvature-generation mechanism and its functional consequences in signaling. These technical barriers have been partially overcome by recent advancements in adapted super-resolution microscopy. Here, we review the up-to-date progress in understanding the mechanisms and functional consequences of microvillus formation in T cell signaling. We discuss how the deformation of local membranes could potentially affect the organization of signaling proteins and their biochemical activities. We propose that curved membranes, together with the underlying cytoskeleton, shape microvilli into a unique compartment that sense and process signals leading to lymphocyte activation.

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Actin CytoskeletonAnimalsCarrier ProteinsCell LineCell MembraneCell ShapeCyclodextrinsCytokinesGlycocalyxHumansLymphocyte ActivationMembrane LipidsMembrane ProteinsMiceMicrofilament ProteinsMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningCarrier ProteinsCyclodextrinsCytokinesfascinMembrane LipidsMembrane ProteinsMicrofilament ProteinsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellactinBAR proteinmembrane curvaturemicrovillisuper-resolution microscopyT-cell signalingTCRWASp

Identifiers

PMID33013920
PMCPMC7516127
OpenAlexW3085813455

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