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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

Monocyte Subsets Have Distinct Patterns of Tetraspanin Expression and Different Capacities to Form Multinucleate Giant Cells.

Thomas C Champion, Lynda J Partridge, Siew-Min Ong, Benoit Malleret, Siew-Cheng Wong, Peter N Monk

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 25 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas C ChampionDepartment of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Lynda J PartridgeDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Siew-Min OngSingapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Benoit MalleretSingapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Siew-Cheng WongSingapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Peter N MonkDepartment of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Singapore Immunology Network · SGUniversity of Sheffield · GBNational University Health System · SGNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monocytes are able to undergo homotypic fusion to produce different types of multinucleated giant cells, such as Langhans giant cells in response to

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAntibodies, MonoclonalBiomarkersCytokinesFlow CytometryGiant CellsHumansImmunophenotypingMonocytesTetraspaninsAntibodies, MonoclonalBiomarkersCytokinesTetraspaninscd9fusionmonocytemonocyte subsetstetraspanin

Identifiers

PMID29937768
PMCPMC6002745
OpenAlexW2806005309

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