Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29124783›Full record

ArticleAmerican journal of hematology2018

A key role for Rac and Pak signaling in neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) formation defines a new potential therapeutic target.

Mathilde Gavillet, Kimberly Martinod, Raffaele Renella, Denisa D Wagner, David A Williams

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Article in American journal of hematology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. The Role of the p21-Activated Kinase Family in Tumor Immunity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Role of the renin-angiotensin system in NETosis in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
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  15. NETosis as a Pathogenic Factor for Heart Failure.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021
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  18. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Host Defense.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2020
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  19. Therapeutic targeting of neutrophil exocytosis.Journal of leukocyte biology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Mathilde GavilletDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kimberly MartinodProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Raffaele RenellaDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Denisa D WagnerDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
David A WilliamsDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-7057-6863
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

TRANSFUSION BIOLOGY AND MEDICINET32HL066987 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI JOHN P MANIS · 2001 to 2026
$10.2M
How inflammation and thrombosis fuel disease and aging: Focus on NETsR35HL135765 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WAGNER, DENISA D · 2017 to 2023
$6.2M
Rac proteins in hematopoietic cell survival and functionR01DK062757 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI WILLIAMS, DAVID A · 2002 to 2016
$5.7M
Platelet adhesion to neutrophil extracellular DNA traps: role in thrombosisR01HL102101 · NHLBI · IMMUNE DISEASE INSTITUTE, INC. · PI WAGNER, DENISA D · 2011 to 2016
$2.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL102101NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL135765NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL066987NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK062757
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NET formation in mice (NETosis) is supported by reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by NADPH oxidase and histone hypercitrullination by peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (PAD4). Rac1 and Rac2, expressed in polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs), regulate the cytoskeleton, cell shape, adhesion, and migration and are also essential components of the NADPH oxidase complex. We aimed to explore the role of the Rac signaling pathway including the upstream guanosine exchange factor (GEF) activator, Vav, and a downstream effector, the p21-activated kinase, Pak, on NETosis in PMNs using a previously described flow-cytometry-based assay. Rac2

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCitrullinationExtracellular TrapsHistonesMiceNADPH Oxidasesp21-Activated Kinasesrac GTP-Binding ProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesHistonesNADPH Oxidasesp21-Activated Kinasesrac GTP-Binding ProteinsReactive Oxygen Species

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PMID29124783
PMCPMC5760446
OpenAlexW2767980039

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