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ArticleWorld journal of clinical infectious diseases2013

Physiological functions and clinical implications of fibrinogen-like 2: A review.

Genyan Yang, W Craig Hooper

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Article in World journal of clinical infectious diseases, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fibrinogen superfamily proteins: Key regulators in hepatic disorders.World journal of experimental medicine · 2025
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  5. sFgl2-Treg Positive Feedback Pathway Protects against Atherosclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  11. The role of Fibrinogen-like proteins in Cancer.International journal of biological sciences · 2021
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  12. Fibrinogen-Like Protein 2 (FGL2) is a Novel Biomarker for Clinical Prediction of Human Breast Cancer.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020
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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.

Genyan YangClinical and Molecular Hemostasis Laboratory Branch, Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30301, United States.
W Craig HooperClinical and Molecular Hemostasis Laboratory Branch, Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30301, United States.
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities · US

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrinogen-like 2 (FGL2) encompasses a transmembrane (mFGL2) and a soluble (sFGL2) form with differential tertiary structure and biological activities. Typically, mFGL2 functions as prothrombinase that is capable of initiating coagulation in tissue without activation of the blood clotting cascade, whereas sFGL2 largely acts as an immunosuppressor that can repress proliferation of alloreactive T lymphocytes and maturation of bone marrow dendritic cells. Protein sequences of FGL2 exhibit evolutionary conservation across wide variety of species, especially at the carboxyl terminus that contains fibrinogen related domain (FRED). The FRED of FGL2 confers specificity and complexity in the action of FGL2, including receptor recognition, calcium affiliation, and substrate binding. Constitutive expression of FGL2 during embryogenesis and in mature tissues suggests FGL2 might be physiologically important. However, excessive induction of FGL2 under certain medical conditions (

Indexed as

Fibrinogen-like 2ImmunosuppressorInfectious diseaseProthrombinase

Identifiers

PMID26161303
PMCPMC4495006
OpenAlexW2318374331

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