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ArticleNature communications2018

Human Semaphorin-4A drives Th2 responses by binding to receptor ILT-4.

Ning Lu, Ying Li, Zhiqiang Zhang, Junji Xing, Ying Sun, Sheng Yao, Lieping Chen

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Ning LuCAS Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. ninglu@ibp.ac.cn.
Ying LiCAS Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Zhiqiang ZhangDepartment of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1796-081X
Junji XingImmunobiology and Transplant Research, Houston Methodist Hospital and Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3392-5427
Ying SunDivision of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, MRC-Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, King's College London, London, SE1 1YZ, UK.
Sheng YaoDepartment of Immunobiology, Medicine and Dermatology, Cancer Immunology Program at Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA.
Lieping ChenDepartment of Immunobiology, Medicine and Dermatology, Cancer Immunology Program at Yale Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA.
Houston Methodist · USYale Cancer Center · USCapital Medical University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Semaphorin-4A (Sema4A) has been implicated in the co-stimulation of T cells and drives Th1 immune responses by binding to the receptor T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain protein 2 (Tim-2) in mice. Here we show that human, but not murine, Sema4A is preferentially expressed on antigen-presenting cells, and co-stimulates CD4

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AnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsAsthmaCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCell LineCell ProliferationHEK293 CellsHumansLungLymphocyte ActivationMiceOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, ImmunologicSemaphorinsLILRA2 protein, humanReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, ImmunologicSEMA4A protein, humanSema4A protein, mouseSemaphorins

Identifiers

PMID29467366
PMCPMC5821868
OpenAlexW2801309612

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