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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2012

Involvement of distinct PKC gene products in T cell functions.

Christa Pfeifhofer-Obermair, Nikolaus Thuille, Gottfried Baier

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christa Pfeifhofer-ObermairDivision of Cell Genetics, Department of Pharmacology and Genetics, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria.
Nikolaus Thuille
Gottfried Baier
Innsbruck Medical University · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 25044Austrian Science Fund FWF T 264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well established that members of the protein kinase C (PKC) family seem to have important roles in T cells. Focusing on the physiological and non-redundant PKC functions established in primary mouse T cells via germline gene-targeting approaches, our current knowledge defines two particularly critical PKC gene products, PKCθ and PKCα, as the "flavor of PKC" in T cells that appear to have a positive role in signaling pathways that are necessary for full antigen receptor-mediated T cell activation ex vivo and T cell-mediated immunity in vivo. Consistently, in spite of the current dogma that PKCθ inhibition might be sufficient to achieve complete immunosuppressive effects, more recent results have indicated that the pharmacological inhibition of PKCθ, and additionally, at least PKCα, appears to be needed to provide a successful approach for the prevention of allograft rejection and treatment of autoimmune diseases.

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immune disease therapyPKC isotypesprotein kinasesT cell regulation

Identifiers

PMID22888329
PMCPMC3412260
OpenAlexW2115903325

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