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ArticleImmunology and cell biology2017

Interleukin-7 in the transition of bone marrow progenitors to the thymus.

Adam W Plumb, Abdalla Sheikh, Douglas A Carlow, Daniel T Patton, Hermann J Ziltener, Ninan Abraham

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Article in Immunology and cell biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adam W PlumbDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Abdalla SheikhDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Douglas A CarlowBiomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Daniel T PattonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Hermann J ZiltenerBiomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Ninan AbrahamDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP-126060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is essential for the development of T cells in humans and mice where deficiencies in IL-7 signaling result in severe immunodeficiency. T cells require IL-7 at multiple points during development; however, it is unclear when IL-7 is first necessary. We observed that mice with impaired IL-7 signaling had a large reduction in the number of early thymic progenitors (ETPs) while mice that overexpress IL-7 had greatly increased numbers of ETPs. These results indicated that the development of ETPs is sensitive to IL-7. Bone marrow progenitors of ETP are present in normal numbers in mice with impaired IL-7 signaling (IL-7Rα

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AnimalsBone Marrow CellsCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCell SurvivalHumansInterleukin-7LymphopoiesisMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutReceptors, Interleukin-7Signal TransductionThymus GlandInterleukin-7Receptors, Interleukin-7

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PMID28811625
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