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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2011

Pathological role of fractalkine/CX3CL1 in rheumatic diseases: a unique chemokine with multiple functions.

Brian Jones, Alisa E Koch, Salahuddin Ahmed

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 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.

Brian JonesDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo Toledo, OH, USA.
Alisa E Koch
Salahuddin Ahmed
University of Toledo · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Inhibition of RA synovial fibroblasts invasion by green tea polyphenolsR21AT003633 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO · PI AHMED, SALAH-UDDIN · 2007 to 2008
$376k
Inhibition of CCR1/CCR5 mediated angiogenesis and joint destruction by EGCGR03AR055741 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO · PI AHMED, SALAH-UDDIN · 2008 to 2010
$223k
NCCIH NIH HHS R21 AT003633NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR055741
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding rheumatic diseases from the perspective of chemokine biology has shaped and will continue to shape our approach for targeted drug design. Among different kinds of chemokines, fractalkine/CX3CL1 has been found to play an important role in inflammation, portraying unique functional, and structural characteristics. This review summarizes the emerging role of fractalkine/CX3CL1 from a functional and clinical perspective and provides evidence to validate it as a potential therapeutic target in rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, as well as diseases related to vascular inflammation. From this, recent studies investigating potential therapeutic agents against fractalkine/CX3CL1's role in pathology have shown promise.

Indexed as

ADAM10ADAM17/TACEfractalkine/CX3CL1proteolytic sheddingrheumatic disorders

Identifiers

PMID22566871
PMCPMC3341950
OpenAlexW2151898218

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