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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017

Down-Regulation of Tim-3 in Monocytes and Macrophages in

Nan Hou, Ning Jiang, Yang Zou, Xianyu Piao, Shuai Liu, Shanshan Li, Qijun Chen

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. TIM-3, a potential target for sepsis therapy.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2026
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  3. TIM-3+ Macrophages: Insights into Their Role in Cancer and Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  10. Accelerator or Brake: Immune Regulators in Malaria.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020
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  11. Low-Complexity Repetitive Epitopes ofFrontiers in immunology · 2020
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  14. Recent advances on T-cell exhaustion in malaria infection.Medical microbiology and immunology · 2018
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  15. Frontiers in microbiology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nan HouMOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing, China.
Ning JiangKey Laboratory of Zoonosis, Shenyang Agriculture UniversityShenyang, China.
Yang ZouBeijing Key Laboratory for Research on Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases, Beijing Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityBeijing, China.
Xianyu PiaoMOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing, China.
Shuai LiuMOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing, China.
Shanshan LiMOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing, China.
Qijun ChenMOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNBeijing Friendship Hospital · CNShenyang Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain-containing molecule 3 (Tim-3) has complicated roles in regulating monocytes and macrophages in various diseases and it tends to be an inhibitory molecule to facilitate the immune escape of parasites in malaria. However, the mechanisms of Tim-3 mediated responses in monocytes and macrophages in malaria have not been clear. In this study, we found that

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PMID28824565
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