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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2020

Administration of Amyloid Precursor Protein Gene Deleted Mouse ESC-Derived Thymic Epithelial Progenitors Attenuates Alzheimer's Pathology.

Jin Zhao, Min Su, Yujun Lin, Haiyan Liu, Zhixu He, Laijun Lai

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jin ZhaoGuizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Min SuDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
Yujun LinDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
Haiyan LiuDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
Zhixu HeKey Laboratory of Adult Stem Cell Translational Research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Guiyang, China.
Laijun LaiDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
University of Connecticut · USChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNGuiyang Medical University · CN

Funding

Transplantation of ESC-derived thymic epithelial progenitors expressing autoantigen(s) ameliorating experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisR01AI123131 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI LAI, LAIJUN · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia in older adults. Although amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaque deposition and chronic neuroinflammation in the central nervous system (CNS) contribute to AD pathology, neither Aβ plaque removal nor anti-inflammatory therapy has shown much clinical success, suggesting that the combinational therapies for the disease-causative factors may be needed for amelioration. Recent data also suggest that systemic immunity in AD should be boosted, rather than suppressed, to drive an immune-dependent cascade needed for Aβ clearance and brain repair. Thymic epithelial cells (TECs) not only play a critical role in supporting T cell development but also mediate the deletion of autoreactive T cells by expressing autoantigens. We have reported that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) can be selectively induced to differentiate into thymic epithelial progenitors (TEPs)

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalEmbryonic Stem CellsEpithelial CellsLymphopoiesisMiceMice, KnockoutThymus GlandT-LymphocytesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAlzheimer's diseaseamyloid-betaamyloid precursor proteinembryonic stem cellsT cellsthymic epithelial cells

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PMID32849642
PMCPMC7431620
OpenAlexW3048546151

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