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ReviewTrends in immunology2013

In and out of the bull's eye: protein kinase Cs in the immunological synapse.

Kok-Fai Kong, Amnon Altman

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Signal Transduction in Immune Cells and Protein Kinases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Kok-Fai KongDivision of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Amnon Altman
La Jolla Institute for Immunology · US

Funding

T CELLS AND THEIR LYMPHOKINES IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPYR01CA035299 · NCI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI ALTMAN, AMNON · 1985 to 2013
$3.8M
NCI NIH HHS CA035299NCI NIH HHS R01 CA035299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immunological synapse (IS) formed between immune cells and antigen-presenting cells (APCs) provides a platform for signaling. Protein kinase C (PKC)θ localizes in the T cell IS within the central supramolecular activation cluster (cSMAC), where it associates with CD28 and mediates T cell receptor (TCR)/CD28 signals leading to effector T (Teff) cell activation. In regulatory T (Treg) cells, PKCθ is sequestered away from the IS, and inhibits suppressive function. Other PKCs localizing in the IS mediate additional functions in various immune cells. Further work is needed to identify mechanisms underlying PKC recruitment or exclusion at the IS, potential redundancy among IS-localized PKCs, and the relevance of PKC localization for IS dynamics and lymphocyte activation.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD28 AntigensHumansImmunological SynapsesIsoenzymesLymphocyte ActivationMultiprotein ComplexesProtein Kinase CProtein Kinase C-thetaReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsCD28 AntigensIsoenzymesMultiprotein ComplexesPRKCQ protein, humanProtein Kinase CProtein Kinase C-thetaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID23428395
PMCPMC3647024
OpenAlexW1983755341

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