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ArticleScientific reports2017

Progressive Changes in CXCR4 Expression That Define Thymocyte Positive Selection Are Dispensable For Both Innate and Conventional αβT-cell Development.

Beth Lucas, Andrea J White, Sonia M Parnell, Peter M Henley, William E Jenkinson, Graham Anderson

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 29 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Beth LucasInstitute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England.
Andrea J WhiteInstitute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England.
Sonia M ParnellInstitute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England.
Peter M HenleyInstitute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England.
William E JenkinsonInstitute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England.
Graham AndersonInstitute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England. g.anderson@bham.ac.uk.
University of Birmingham · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 20753Medical Research Council G9818340Medical Research Council MR/N000919/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ordered migration of immature thymocytes through thymic microenvironments generates both adaptive MHC restricted αβT-cells and innate CD1d-restricted iNKT-cells. While several chemokine receptors and ligands control multiple stages of this process, their involvement during early thymocyte development often precludes direct analysis of potential roles during later developmental stages. For example, because of early lethality of CXCR4

Indexed as

AnimalsChemokine CXCL12HematopoiesisMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNatural Killer T-CellsReceptors, CXCR4ThymocytesThymus GlandT-LymphocytesChemokine CXCL12Receptors, CXCR4

Identifiers

PMID28698642
PMCPMC5505955
OpenAlexW2731999625

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