User:Klkelly02/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Membrane Fluidity
 * Article Evaluation
 * This topic is very relevant to our class as the focus so far has included the composition of the membrane and proteins within the membrane. It is written neutrally and I couldn't find any areas that seemed outright biased. One area that is lacking is the Biological relevance subsection as in it there are no examples given for the claims made. Additionally, there are certain claims within the article that are lacking a source (specifically in the introduction when discussing fatty acids.) It doesn't address any equity gaps. Overall, this is a great Start-Class article with lots of areas to add citations, sources, and more specific examples.
 * Sources
 * for adding to the fatty acid part: Hac-Wydro K, Wydro P. The influence of fatty acids on model cholesterol/phospholipid membranes. Chem Phys Lipids. 2007 Nov;150(1):66-81. doi: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2007.06.213. Epub 2007 Jun 21. PMID: 17651712. for examples on biological relevance:  Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th edition. New York: Garland Science; 2002. The Lipid Bilayer. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26871/

Option 2

 * Barbara A. Baird
 * Article Evaluation:The relevance of this topic is that it deals with a female scientist who researched receptor mediated cell signaling. While this is written neutrally, there are only a total of 6 sentences, so this article is severely lacking in depth of information. It does address an equity gap as well in the fact that this is a woman in a STEM field. The difficulty with choosing this article is that it is a biography of a living person and so there are strict guidelines on sources and information may be taken down.:
 * Sources:If I were to choose this article I would dive into finding more sources, however because of the rigidity of the guidelines imposed on sources relating to Biographies of Living Persons, I am hesitant to find sources at this moment.

Option 3
Poulsen SB, Fenton RA, Rieg T. Sodium-glucose cotransport. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2015 Sep;24(5):463-9. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000152. PMID: 26125647; PMCID: PMC5364028.
 * Sodium in Biology:(This is the one I am leaning towards choosing!)
 * Article Evaluation:This article is relevant to our class as we just finished discussing the sodium potassium pump and also the sodium glucose symporter. What I like about this article is that I can clearly see what I would add: both of the types of sodium transport we talked about in class to create a more specific example section as right now the article more so focuses on the overall significance of sodium and less so on it's applications through biological processes.
 * Sources

Pirahanchi Y, Jessu R, Aeddula NR. Physiology, Sodium Potassium Pump. [Updated 2023 Mar 13]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537088/