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ReviewCells2021

The RHO Family GTPases: Mechanisms of Regulation and Signaling.

Niloufar Mosaddeghzadeh, Mohammad Reza Ahmadian

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 228 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
228citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.2field-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

228 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 322 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Niloufar MosaddeghzadehInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Medical Faculty of the Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstrasse 1, Building 22.03.05, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Mohammad Reza AhmadianInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Medical Faculty of the Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstrasse 1, Building 22.03.05, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung GeNeRARe (01GM1902C)Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft AH 92/8-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft IRTG 1902-p6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Much progress has been made toward deciphering RHO GTPase functions, and many studies have convincingly demonstrated that altered signal transduction through RHO GTPases is a recurring theme in the progression of human malignancies. It seems that 20 canonical RHO GTPases are likely regulated by three GDIs, 85 GEFs, and 66 GAPs, and eventually interact with >70 downstream effectors. A recurring theme is the challenge in understanding the molecular determinants of the specificity of these four classes of interacting proteins that, irrespective of their functions, bind to common sites on the surface of RHO GTPases. Identified and structurally verified hotspots as functional determinants specific to RHO GTPase regulation by GDIs, GEFs, and GAPs as well as signaling through effectors are presented, and challenges and future perspectives are discussed.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular Diseasescdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinCognition DisordersCommunicable DiseasesGene Expression RegulationGTPase-Activating ProteinsHumansMultigene FamilyNeoplasmsProtein Isoformsrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinrhoA GTP-Binding Proteinrho Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitor alphaRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsSignal TransductionARHGDIA protein, humancdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinCDC42 protein, humanGTPase-Activating ProteinsProtein Isoformsrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinRAC1 protein, humanrhoA GTP-Binding ProteinRHOA protein, humanrho GTPase-activating proteinrho Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitor alphaRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsCDC42effectorsRAC1RHOARHOGAPRHOGDIRHOGEFRHO signaling

Identifiers

PMID34359999
PMCPMC8305018
OpenAlexW3186505039

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