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ReviewImmunogenetics2011

The phylogenetic origins of natural killer receptors and recognition: relationships, possibilities, and realities.

Jeffrey A Yoder, Gary W Litman

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Review in Immunogenetics, 2011. 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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41citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 79 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jeffrey A YoderDepartment of Molecular Biomedical Sciences and Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
Gary W Litman
Florida College · USNorth Carolina State University · US

Funding

Novel Innate Immune Receptors in ZebrafishR01AI057559 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI LITMAN, GARY WILLIAM · 2005 to 2013
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REGULATION-LYMPHOKINE PRODUCTION BY HUMAN T LYMPHOCYTESR01AI023337 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI PARMELY, MICHAEL J · 1987 to 1989
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NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI057559NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI23337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells affect a form of innate immunity that recognizes and eliminates cells that are infected with certain viruses or have undergone malignant transformation. In mammals, this recognition can be mediated through immunoglobulin- (Ig) and/or lectin-type NK receptors (NKRs). NKR genes in mammals range from minimally polymorphic single-copy genes to complex multigene families that exhibit high levels of haplotypic complexity and exhibit significant interspecific variation. Certain single-copy NKR genes that are present in one mammal are present as expanded multigene families in other mammals. These observations highlight NKRs as one of the most rapidly evolving eukaryotic gene families and likely reflect the influence of pathogens, especially viruses, on their evolution. Although well characterized in human and mice, cytotoxic cells that are functionally similar to NK cells have been identified in species ranging from birds to reptiles, amphibians and fish. Although numerous receptors have been identified in non-mammalian vertebrates that share structural relationships with mammalian NKRs, functionally defining these lower vertebrate molecules as NKRs is confounded by methodological and interpretive complexities. Nevertheless, several lines of evidence suggest that NK-type function or its equivalent has sustained a long evolutionary history throughout vertebrate species.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateKiller Cells, NaturalMammalsPhylogenyReceptors, Natural Killer CellVertebratesReceptors, Natural Killer Cell

Identifiers

PMID21191578
PMCPMC3691731
OpenAlexW2035555412

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