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ArticleOncotarget2017

Downregulation of semaphorin 3E promotes hallmarks of experimental chronic allergic asthma.

Hesam Movassagh, Lianyu Shan, Jonathan S Duke-Cohan, Jamila Chakir, Andrew J Halayko, Latifa Koussih, Abdelilah S Gounni

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 23 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hesam MovassaghDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Lianyu ShanDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Jonathan S Duke-CohanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Jamila ChakirCentre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie du Quebec, Universite´ Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Andrew J HalaykoDepartment of Physiology & Pathophysiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Latifa KoussihDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Abdelilah S GounniDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
University of Manitoba · CADana-Farber Cancer Institute · USResearch Manitoba · CAUniversité Laval · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Guidance cues such as semaphorins are attractive novel therapeutic targets for allergic disorders. We have previously described an inhibitory effect of semaphorin 3E (Sema3E) on human airway smooth muscle cell function. We have further addressed a canonical role for Sema3E in acute model of allergic asthma

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airway hyperresponsivenesschronic allergic asthmainflammationremodelingsemaphorin 3E

Identifiers

PMID29228740
PMCPMC5716780
OpenAlexW2767013088

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