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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2019

Expansion of Human NK Cells Using K562 Cells Expressing OX40 Ligand and Short Exposure to IL-21.

SoonHo Kweon, Minh-Trang Thi Phan, Sejong Chun, HongBi Yu, Jinho Kim, Seokho Kim, Jaemin Lee, Alaa Kassim Ali, Seung-Hwan Lee, Sang-Ki Kim and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 98 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

12 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

SoonHo KweonSchool of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering (I-Bio), POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea.
Minh-Trang Thi PhanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea.
Sejong ChunDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University, GwangJu, South Korea.
HongBi YuDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea.
Jinho KimDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea.
Seokho KimImmunotherapy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, South Korea.
Jaemin LeeImmunotherapy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, South Korea.
Alaa Kassim AliDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Seung-Hwan LeeDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Sang-Ki KimLaboratory Animal Science, Department of Companion, Kongju National University, Yesan, South Korea.
Junsang DohDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Duck ChoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Sungkyunkwan University · KRKongju National University · KRPohang University of Science and Technology · KRUniversity of Ottawa · CAChonnam National University · KRKorea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology · KRSeoul National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Gene ExpressionLymphocyte ActivationAntibody-Dependent Cell CytotoxicityBiomarkersCell ProliferationCoculture TechniquesCytokinesGenetic EngineeringHumansImmunophenotypingInterleukin-21InterleukinsK562 CellsKiller Cells, NaturalOX40 LigandReceptors, OX40BiomarkersCytokinesInterleukin-21InterleukinsOX40 LigandReceptors, OX40TNFSF4 protein, humanexpansionIL-21K562natural killer cellsOX40 ligand

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PMID31105701
PMCPMC6491902
OpenAlexW2941474984

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