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ReviewFrontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library2008

The diverse functions of Src family kinases in macrophages.

Clare L Abram, Clifford A Lowell

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Review in Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library, 2008. 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
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Clare L AbramDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Clifford A Lowell
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

THE MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF TUMOR VIRUSEST32CA009043 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BISHOP, J. MICHAEL · 1985 to 2009
$5.9M
Mechanisms of Neutrophil ActivationR01AI065495 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOWELL, CLIFFORD A · 2005 to 2017
$3.7M
Signaling by Cytoplasmic Tyrosine Kinases in LeukocytesR01AI068150 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOWELL, CLIFFORD A · 2006 to 2016
$3.4M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009043NIAID NIH HHS AI065495NIAID NIH HHS AI068150NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI065495NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI068150
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophages are key components of the innate immune response. These cells possess a diverse repertoire of receptors that allow them to respond to a host of external stimuli including cytokines, chemokines, and pathogen-associated molecules. Signals resulting from these stimuli activate a number of macrophage functional responses such as adhesion, migration, phagocytosis, proliferation, survival, cytokine release and production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. The cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase Src and its family members (SFKs) have been implicated in many intracellular signaling pathways in macrophages, initiated by a diverse set of receptors ranging from integrins to Toll-like receptors. However, it has been difficult to implicate any given member of the family in any specific pathway. SFKs appear to have overlapping and complementary functions in many pathways. Perhaps the function of these enzymes is to modulate the overall intracellular signaling network in macrophages, rather than operating as exclusive signaling switches for defined pathways. In general, SFKs may function more like rheostats, influencing the amplitude of many pathways.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansKupffer CellsLangerhans CellsMacrophagesMacrophages, AlveolarReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CytokineReceptors, G-Protein-Coupledsrc-Family KinasesToll-Like ReceptorsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CytokineReceptors, G-Protein-Coupledsrc-Family KinasesToll-Like Receptors

Identifiers

PMID18508521
PMCPMC4457449
OpenAlexW1484255426

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