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ReviewTrends in immunology2011

PKC-θ function at the immunological synapse: prospects for therapeutic targeting.

Alexandra Zanin-Zhorov, Michael L Dustin, Bruce R Blazar

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 71 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexandra Zanin-ZhorovMolecular Pathogenesis Program, Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Michael L Dustin
Bruce R Blazar
New York University · USMasonic Cancer Center

Funding

Trial Design and Biostatistical Support CoreP01CA065493 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI J SUNIL RAO · 1995 to 2026
$48.2M
Transgenic/KnockoutP01AI056299 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 2003 to 2023
$42.5M
Nanomedicine development center for mechanobiologyPN2EY016586 · NEI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DUSTIN, MICHAEL LORAN · 2005 to 2014
$23.0M
Project 3: Humoral Targets and B Cell Biology in Chronic Graft-vs.-Host DiseaseP01CA142106 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI RITZ, JEROME · 2009 to 2019
$17.5M
IN VIVO PREVENTION OF MURINE GVHDR01AI034495 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 1993 to 2016
$6.2M
T-CELL TARGETING FOR GVHDR01HL056067 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 1995 to 2022
$5.4M
INVASIVE GLIOMA CELLSF32CA067493 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CHICOINE, MICHAEL R · 1995 to 1996
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein kinase C (PKC)-θ regulates conventional effector T (Teff) cell function. Since this initial finding, it has become clear that the role of PKC-θ in T cells is complex. PKC-θ plays a central role in Teff cell activation and survival, and negatively regulates stability of the immunological synapse (IS). Recent studies demonstrated that PKC-θ is required for the development of natural CD4(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells, and mediates negative regulation of Treg cell function. Here, we examine the role of PKC-θ in the IS, evidence for its distinct localization in Treg cells and the therapeutic implications of inhibiting PKC-θ in Teff cells, to reduce effector function, and in Treg cells, to increase suppressor function, for the prevention and treatment of autoimmune and alloimmune disease states.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesHumansImmunological SynapsesImmunotherapyLymphocyte ActivationMolecular Targeted TherapyProtein Kinase CReceptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsProtein Kinase CReceptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID21733754
PMCPMC3573858
OpenAlexW2050096299

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