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ReviewImmunologic research2009

IRF8 regulates myeloid and B lymphoid lineage diversification.

Hongsheng Wang, Herbert C Morse

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Review in Immunologic research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
74citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 125 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.

Hongsheng WangLaboratory of Immunopathology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Twinbrook 1, Rm. 1518, 5640 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. wanghongs@niaid.nih.gov
Herbert C Morse
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Molecular Regulation of B-Cell Differentiation and FunctionZIAAI001024 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MORSE, HERBERT · 2009 to 2018
$8.3M
Lymphomas And Retroviral PathogenesisZIAAI000858 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MORSE, HERBERT · 2009 to 2018
$5.3M
Molecular Regulation of B-Cell Differentiation and FunctionZ01AI001024 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI MORSE, HERBERT · 2007 to 2008
$2.2M
Molecular Mechanisms in Innate immunityZ01AI001057 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MORSE, HERBERT · 2008 to 2008
$568k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI001024Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI001057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF8) is a member of the IRF family of transcription factors whose members play critical roles in interferon (IFN) signaling pathways governing the establishment of innate immune responses by myeloid and dendritic cells. IRF8 is also expressed in lymphoid cells and recent studies have documented its involvement in B cell lineage specification, immunoglobulin light chain gene rearrangement, the distribution of mature B cells into the marginal zone and follicular B cell compartment, and the transcriptional regulation of critical elements of the germinal center reaction. Here we review the contributions of IRF8 to B cell development from hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow and its place in the hierarchical regulatory network governing specification and commitment to the B cell fate.

Indexed as

AnimalsB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationGene ExpressionGene Rearrangement, B-LymphocyteHematopoietic Stem CellsInterferon Regulatory Factor-8Interferon Regulatory FactorsMiceMice, KnockoutMyeloid CellsSignal TransductionInterferon Regulatory Factor-8Interferon Regulatory Factors

Identifiers

PMID18806934
PMCPMC2803682
OpenAlexW2065698207

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