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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Heat Shock Proteins as Immunomodulants.

Tawanda Zininga, Lebogang Ramatsui, Addmore Shonhai

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 190 papers.

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190citing papers in PubMed
11.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

190 citing papers in PubMed, 368 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tawanda ZiningaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Venda, P. Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa. tzininga@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8689-0152
Lebogang RamatsuiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Venda, P. Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa. lebogangramatsui@gmail.com.
Addmore ShonhaiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Venda, P. Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa. addmore.shonhai@univen.ac.za.
University of Venda · ZA

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft L1/402/14-1National Research Foundation 111989National Research Foundation 75464National Research Foundation 92598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are conserved molecules whose main role is to facilitate folding of other proteins. Most Hsps are generally stress-inducible as they play a particularly important cytoprotective role in cells exposed to stressful conditions. Initially, Hsps were generally thought to occur intracellulary. However, recent work has shown that some Hsps are secreted to the cell exterior particularly in response to stress. For this reason, they are generally regarded as danger signaling biomarkers. In this way, they prompt the immune system to react to prevailing adverse cellular conditions. For example, their enhanced secretion by cancer cells facilitate targeting of these cells by natural killer cells. Notably, Hsps are implicated in both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses. Their effects on immune cells depends on a number of aspects such as concentration of the respective Hsp species. In addition, various Hsp species exert unique effects on immune cells. Because of their conservation, Hsps are implicated in auto-immune diseases. Here we discuss the various metabolic pathways in which various Hsps manifest immune modulation. In addition, we discuss possible experimental variations that may account for contradictory reports on the immunomodulatory function of some Hsps.

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ImmunomodulationAnimalsHeat-Shock ProteinsHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansImmunologic FactorsHeat-Shock ProteinsHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsImmunologic Factorsheat shock proteinHsp60Hsp70Hsp90immune modulation

Identifiers

PMID30388847
PMCPMC6278532
OpenAlexW2899009117

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