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ArticleNature communications2017

VSIG4 inhibits proinflammatory macrophage activation by reprogramming mitochondrial pyruvate metabolism.

Jialin Li, Bo Diao, Sheng Guo, Xiaoyong Huang, Chengying Yang, Zeqing Feng, Weiming Yan, Qin Ning, Lixin Zheng, Yongwen Chen and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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119citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

119 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 181 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jialin LiInstitute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Bo DiaoInstitute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Sheng GuoInstitute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Xiaoyong HuangInstitute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Chengying YangInstitute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Zeqing FengInstitute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Weiming YanInstitute of Infectious Disease, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Qin NingInstitute of Infectious Disease, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
Lixin ZhengLaboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, MD, 20892, USA.
Yongwen ChenInstitute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China. yongwench@163.com.
Yuzhang WuInstitute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China. wuyuzhang@tmmu.edu.cn.
Army Medical University · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USTongji Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exacerbation of macrophage-mediated inflammation contributes to pathogenesis of various inflammatory diseases, but the immunometabolic programs underlying regulation of macrophage activation are unclear. Here we show that V-set immunoglobulin-domain-containing 4 (VSIG4), a B7 family-related protein that is expressed by resting macrophages, inhibits macrophage activation in response to lipopolysaccharide. Vsig4

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AnimalsCoronavirus InfectionsDiet, High-FatHEK293 CellsHepatitis, Viral, AnimalHumansInflammationMacrophage ActivationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMitochondriaMurine hepatitis virusObesityPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPDK2 protein, humanPdk2 protein, mousePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring KinasePyruvic AcidReactive Oxygen SpeciesReceptors, ComplementStat3 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription FactorVSIG4 protein, mouse

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PMID29109438
PMCPMC5673889
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