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ArticleNature communications2019

NKG2A is a NK cell exhaustion checkpoint for HCV persistence.

Chao Zhang, Xiao-Mei Wang, Shu-Ran Li, Trix Twelkmeyer, Wei-Hong Wang, Sheng-Yuan Zhang, Shu-Feng Wang, Ji-Zheng Chen, Xia Jin, Yu-Zhang Wu and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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94citing papers in PubMed
8.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

94 citing papers in PubMed, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Chao ZhangThe Joint Laboratory of Infection and Immunity at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai and Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Xiao-Mei WangDepartment of Hepatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, 130021, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Shu-Ran LiThe Joint Laboratory of Infection and Immunity at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai and Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Trix TwelkmeyerThe Joint Laboratory of Infection and Immunity at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai and Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Wei-Hong WangThe Joint Laboratory of Infection and Immunity at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai and Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Sheng-Yuan ZhangThe Joint Laboratory of Infection and Immunity at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai and Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Shu-Feng WangInstitute of Immunology, The Third Military Medical University, 400038, Chongqing, China.
Ji-Zheng ChenThe State Key Laboratory of Virology and Center for Viral Pathology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071, Wuhan, China.
Xia JinThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031, Shanghai, China.
Yu-Zhang WuInstitute of Immunology, The Third Military Medical University, 400038, Chongqing, China.
Xin-Wen ChenThe State Key Laboratory of Virology and Center for Viral Pathology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071, Wuhan, China.
Sheng-Dian WangThe Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China.
Jun-Qi NiuDepartment of Hepatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, 130021, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Hai-Rong ChenThe Joint Laboratory of Infection and Immunity at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai and Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. hairong.chen@ibp.ac.cn.
Hong TangThe Joint Laboratory of Infection and Immunity at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai and Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. htang@ips.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNArmy Medical University · CNInstitut Pasteur of Shanghai · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNFirst Hospital of Jilin University · CNInstitute of Biophysics · CNJilin University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exhaustion of cytotoxic effector natural killer (NK) and CD8

Indexed as

AnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHepatocytesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IInterferon-gammaKiller Cells, NaturalLymphocyte ActivationMembrane ProteinsMiceNK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily CRandom AllocationCytokinesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IInterferon-gammaMembrane ProteinsNK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily CQ surface antigens

Identifiers

PMID30944315
PMCPMC6447531
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