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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Transcription factors IRF8 and PU.1 are required for follicular B cell development and BCL6-driven germinal center responses.

Hongsheng Wang, Shweta Jain, Peng Li, Jian-Xin Lin, Jangsuk Oh, Chenfeng Qi, Yuanyuan Gao, Jiafang Sun, Tomomi Sakai, Zohreh Naghashfar and 6 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 80 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

16 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hongsheng WangLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852; wanghongs@niaid.nih.gov wjl@helix.nih.gov hmorse@niaid.nih.gov.
Shweta JainLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
Peng LiLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Jian-Xin LinLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Jangsuk OhLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Chenfeng QiLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
Yuanyuan GaoLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
Jiafang SunLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
Tomomi SakaiLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
Zohreh NaghashfarLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
Sadia AbbasiLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
Alexander L KovalchukLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
Silvia BollandLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852.
Stephen L NuttThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0020-6637
Warren J LeonardLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892; wanghongs@niaid.nih.gov wjl@helix.nih.gov hmorse@niaid.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-5740-7448
Herbert C MorseLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852; wanghongs@niaid.nih.gov wjl@helix.nih.gov hmorse@niaid.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · USThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Genetic Modifiers Of Autoimmune Disease In FcgammaRIIB Mutant MiceZIAAI000912 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BOLLAND, SILVIA · 2009 to 2025
$27.0M
IL-2 Family Cytokines and their Receptors-- Molecular Regulation via STATsZIAHL005402 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI LEONARD, WARREN J · 2009 to 2025
$26.8M
IL-2 Family Cytokines and their Receptors-- Biology of the IL-21 systemZIAHL005408 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI LEONARD, WARREN J · 2009 to 2025
$23.7M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The IRF and Ets families of transcription factors regulate the expression of a range of genes involved in immune cell development and function. However, the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of each family member has been limited due to their redundancy and broad effects on multiple lineages of cells. Here, we report that double deletion of floxed

Indexed as

AnimalsB-LymphocytesGerminal CenterImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingInterferon Regulatory Factor-8Interferon Regulatory FactorsLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, KnockoutProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1Trans-ActivatorsBCL6 protein, humanInterferon Regulatory Factor-8Interferon Regulatory FactorsProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1Trans-ActivatorsBCL6follicular B cellsgerminal centerIRF8PU.1

Identifiers

PMID31000603
PMCPMC6511064
OpenAlexW2937775576

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