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ArticleNature communications2018

IL-21 drives expansion and plasma cell differentiation of autoreactive CD11c

Shu Wang, Jingya Wang, Varsha Kumar, Jodi L Karnell, Brian Naiman, Phillip S Gross, Saifur Rahman, Kamelia Zerrouki, Richard Hanna, Christopher Morehouse and 12 more

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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 365 papers.

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365citing papers in PubMed
20.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

365 citing papers in PubMed, 548 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

22 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Shu WangRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Jingya WangRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Varsha KumarRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Jodi L KarnellRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Brian NaimanRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Phillip S GrossRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2642-6504
Saifur RahmanRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Kamelia ZerroukiRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Richard HannaRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Christopher MorehouseTranslational Medicine, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Nicholas HoloweckyjTranslational Medicine, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Hao LiuTranslational Medicine, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Autoimmunity Molecular Medicine Team
Zerai MannaThe Office of Clinical Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Raphaela Goldbach-ManskyNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Sarfaraz HasniThe Office of Clinical Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4164-8837
Richard SiegelThe Office of Clinical Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Miguel SanjuanRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Katie StreicherTranslational Medicine, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Michael P CancroDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Roland KolbeckRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
Rachel EttingerRespiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity Group, MedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA. ettingerr@vielabio.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-9571
National Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USAutoimmune Technologies (United States) · USBristol-Myers Squibb (United States) · USIntegrated BioTherapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

Clinical Support Services for the NIAMS Intramural Research ProgramZIDAR041180 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI COLBERT, ROBERT · 2009 to 2025
$119.2M
Pathogenesis, and Outcome of Autoinflammatory Diseases, NOMID/CAPS, DIRA, CANDLE, SAVI, NLRC4-MAS, Stills-like Diseases, and other Undifferentiated Autoinflammatory DiseasesZIAAI001220 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI GOLDBACH-MANSKY, RAPHAELA · 2017 to 2025
$22.3M
TNF-receptors and programmed cell death in regulation of autoimmunityZIAAR041133 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI SIEGEL, RICHARD M · 2009 to 2019
$9.3M
Mechanistic studies of BLyS-mediated modulation in HIV-1 Env-specific antibody responsesR01AI118691 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CANCRO, MICHAEL PAUL · 2015 to 2019
$3.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI118691
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the aetiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is unclear, dysregulated B cell responses have been implicated. Here we show that an unusual CD11c

Indexed as

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overB-LymphocytesB-Lymphocyte SubsetsCD11c AntigenCell DifferentiationCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInterleukin-21InterleukinsLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMaleMiddle AgedPlasma CellsCD11c AntigenInterleukin-21InterleukinsT-Box Domain Proteins

Identifiers

PMID29717110
PMCPMC5931508
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