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ArticleeLife2020

Soluble collectin-12 mediates C3-independent docking of properdin that activates the alternative pathway of complement.

Jie Zhang, Lihong Song, Dennis V Pedersen, Anna Li, John D Lambris, Gregers Rom Andersen, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Ying Jie Ma, Peter Garred

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Jie ZhangThe Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-4472-3468
Lihong SongThe Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dennis V PedersenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Center for Structural Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Anna LiThe Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
John D LambrisDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.
Gregers Rom AndersenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Center for Structural Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6292-3319
Tom Eirik MollnesDepartment of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Ying Jie MaThe Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-4003-2579
Peter GarredThe Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
University of Copenhagen · DKAarhus University · DKOslo University Hospital · NOShenyang Pharmaceutical University · CNUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Properdin stabilizes the alternative C3 convertase (C3bBb), whereas its role as pattern-recognition molecule mediating complement activation is disputed for decades. Previously, we have found that soluble collectin-12 (sCL-12) synergizes complement alternative pathway (AP) activation. However, whether this observation is C3 dependent is unknown. By application of the C3-inhibitor Cp40, we found that properdin in normal human serum bound to

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CollectinsComplement Pathway, AlternativeProperdinAspergillus fumigatusComplement C3HEK293 CellsHumansProtein BindingCollectinsComplement C3Properdinalternative pathwaycollectin-12immunologyinfectious diseaseinflammationmicrobiologyproperdinthe complement system

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PMID32909942
PMCPMC7511233
OpenAlexW3083882578

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