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ArticleNature communications2016

Endomucin prevents leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and has a critical role under resting and inflammatory conditions.

Alisar Zahr, Pilar Alcaide, Jinling Yang, Alexander Jones, Meredith Gregory, Nathaniel G dela Paz, Sunita Patel-Hett, Tania Nevers, Adarsha Koirala, Francis W Luscinskas and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Alisar ZahrSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Pilar AlcaideBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Jinling YangSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Alexander JonesSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Meredith GregorySchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Nathaniel G dela PazSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Sunita Patel-HettSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Tania NeversBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Adarsha KoiralaSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Francis W LuscinskasBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Magali Saint-GeniezSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Bruce KsanderSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Patricia A D'AmoreSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Pablo ArgüesoSchepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

Funding

VCAM-1 IN CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY AND IMMUNE PROCESSESP01HL036028 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MAYADAS, TANYA N · 1985 to 2013
$32.1M
THE ROLE OF MICROVASCULAR CELLS IN NEOVASCULARIZATIONR01EY005318 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI D'AMORE, PATRICIA ANN · 1985 to 2015
$6.4M
O-Glycans on Mucins at the Ocular SurfaceR01EY014847 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI ARGUESO, PABLO · 2003 to 2014
$4.0M
CD47 Regulation of Leukocyte Integrins during Leukocyte TraffickingR01HL125780 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LUSCINSKAS, FRANCIS W. · 2016 to 2019
$2.3M
T Cell Mediated Immune Responses as a Regulator of Heart FailureR01HL123658 · NHLBI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI ALCAIDE ALONSO, MARIA PILAR · 2014 to 2018
$2.2M
Endothelial regulation of IL17 producing T effector cell migrationR00HL094706 · NHLBI · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ALCAIDE ALONSO, MARIA PILAR · 2011 to 2013
$735k
Endothelial regulation of IL17 producing T effector cell migrationK99HL094706 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ALCAIDE ALONSO, MARIA PILAR · 2009 to 2010
$277k
NEI NIH HHS EY014847NEI NIH HHS EY05318NEI NIH HHS R01 EY005318NEI NIH HHS R01 EY014847NHLBI NIH HHS HL036028NHLBI NIH HHS HL094706NHLBI NIH HHS HL123658NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL094706NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL036028NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL094706NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL123658NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL125780
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endomucin is a membrane-bound glycoprotein expressed luminally by endothelial cells that line postcapillary venules, a primary site of leukocyte recruitment during inflammation. Here we show that endomucin abrogation on quiescent endothelial cells enables neutrophils to adhere firmly, via LFA-1-mediated binding to ICAM-1 constitutively expressed by endothelial cells. Moreover, TNF-α stimulation downregulates cell surface expression of endomucin concurrent with increased expression of adhesion molecules. Adenovirus-mediated expression of endomucin under inflammatory conditions prevents neutrophil adhesion in vitro and reduces the infiltration of CD45(+) and NIMP-R14(+) cells in vivo. These results indicate that endomucin prevents leukocyte contact with adhesion molecules in non-inflamed tissues and that downregulation of endomucin is critical to facilitate adhesion of leukocytes into inflamed tissues.

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AgedAnimalsCell AdhesionEndothelial CellsFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansInflammationIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1LeukocytesLymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1MiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeutrophilsRNA, Small InterferingSialomucinsIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1RNA, Small InterferingSialomucinsTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID26831939
PMCPMC4740757
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