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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2014

Tumor necrosis factor superfamily in innate immunity and inflammation.

John Šedý, Vasileios Bekiaris, Carl F Ware

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 111 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 1 institution in 1 country.

John ŠedýLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037.
Vasileios BekiarisLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037.
Carl F WareLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037.
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · US

Funding

Anti-herpesvirus Signaling by LTalphabeta/LIGHT CytokinesR01AI048073 · NIAID · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI WARE, CARL F · 2001 to 2016
$7.0M
Lymphotoxin alpha Beta and LIGHT cytokine systemsR37AI033068 · NIAID · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI WARE, CARL F · 2003 to 2012
$4.2M
HVEM-BTLA Pathway in LymphomaR01CA164679 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI WARE, CARL F · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
SURFACE LYMPHOTOXIN A/B COMPLEXESR01AI033068 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI WARE, CARL F · 1994 to 2002
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS CA164679NCI NIH HHS R01 CA164679NIAID NIH HHS AI-033068NIAID NIH HHS AI48073NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI033068NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI048073NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI033068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor necrosis factor superfamily (TNFSF) and its corresponding receptor superfamily (TNFRSF) form communication pathways required for developmental, homeostatic, and stimulus-responsive processes in vivo. Although this receptor-ligand system operates between many different cell types and organ systems, many of these proteins play specific roles in immune system function. The TNFSF and TNFRSF proteins lymphotoxins, LIGHT (homologous to lymphotoxins, exhibits inducible expression, and competes with HSV glycoprotein D for herpes virus entry mediator [HVEM], a receptor expressed by T lymphocytes), lymphotoxin-β receptor (LT-βR), and HVEM are used by embryonic and adult innate lymphocytes to promote the development and homeostasis of lymphoid organs. Lymphotoxin-expressing innate-acting B cells construct microenvironments in lymphoid organs that restrict pathogen spread and initiate interferon defenses. Recent results illustrate how the communication networks formed among these cytokines and the coreceptors B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) and CD160 both inhibit and activate innate lymphoid cells (ILCs), innate γδ T cells, and natural killer (NK) cells. Understanding the role of TNFSF/TNFRSF and interacting proteins in innate cells will likely reveal avenues for future therapeutics for human disease.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAnimalsAntigens, CDGPI-Linked ProteinsHomeostasisHumansInflammationLymphocytesLymphotoxin alpha1, beta2 HeterotrimerReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorTumor Necrosis FactorsAntigens, CDBTLA protein, humanCD160 protein, humanGPI-Linked ProteinsLymphotoxin alpha1, beta2 HeterotrimerReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorTumor Necrosis Factors

Identifiers

PMID25524549
PMCPMC4382740
OpenAlexW2154237592

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