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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2017

Arginine Metabolism in Myeloid Cells Shapes Innate and Adaptive Immunity.

Paulo C Rodriguez, Augusto C Ochoa, Amir A Al-Khami

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers.

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175citing papers in PubMed
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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

175 citing papers in PubMed, 281 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paulo C RodriguezAugusta University, Georgia Cancer Center , Augusta, GA , USA.
Augusto C OchoaStanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Amir A Al-KhamiStanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA; Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · USAugusta University Health · US

Funding

Tracking & Evaluation CoreU54GM104940 · NIGMS · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI Leigh Lamonica · 2012 to 2026
$69.1M
TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT AND B CELL LYMPHOMASP20RR021970 · NCRR · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI FOSTER, TIMOTHY C. · 2005 to 2011
$14.1M
Translational Genomics CoreP30GM114732 · NIGMS · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI OCHOA, AUGUSTO C. · 2015 to 2019
$5.2M
Metabolic approaches to treat severe viral and inflammatory diseasesR01AI112402 · NIAID · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI OCHOA, AUGUSTO C. · 2013 to 2017
$2.6M
Stress Pathways in Tumors Drive Global MDSC Activity and Survival through ChopR01CA184185 · NCI · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · PI RODRIGUEZ, PAULO CESAR · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA184185NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR021970NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI112402NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM114732NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104940
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arginine metabolism has been a key catabolic and anabolic process throughout the evolution of the immune response. Accruing evidence indicates that arginine-catabolizing enzymes, mainly nitric oxide synthases and arginases, are closely integrated with the control of immune response under physiological and pathological conditions. Myeloid cells are major players that exploit the regulators of arginine metabolism to mediate diverse, although often opposing, immunological and functional consequences. In this article, we focus on the importance of arginine catabolism by myeloid cells in regulating innate and adaptive immunity. Revisiting this matter could result in novel therapeutic approaches by which the immunoregulatory nodes instructed by arginine metabolism can be targeted.

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arginaseargininedendritic cellimmune responseM1 and M2macrophageMDSCnitric oxide synthase

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PMID28223985
PMCPMC5293781
OpenAlexW2587111769

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