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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

The Role of PDE8 in T Cell Recruitment and Function in Inflammation.

Paul M Epstein, Chaitali Basole, Stefan Brocke

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Phosphodiesterases: Evolving Concepts and Implications for Human Therapeutics.Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology · 2025
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  13. Plasticity and therapeutic potential of cAMP and cGMP-specific phosphodiesterases inComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paul M EpsteinDepartment of Cell Biology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
Chaitali BasoleDepartment of Immunology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
Stefan BrockeDepartment of Immunology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
UConn Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibitors targeting cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) expressed in leukocytes have entered clinical practice to treat inflammatory disorders, with three PDE4 inhibitors currently in clinical use as therapeutics for psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, atopic dermatitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In contrast, the PDE8 family that is upregulated in pro-inflammatory T cells is a largely unexplored therapeutic target. It was shown that PDE8A plays a major role in controlling T cell and breast cancer cell motility, including adhesion to endothelial cells under physiological shear stress and chemotaxis. This is a unique function of PDE8 not shared by PDE4, another cAMP specific PDE, employed, as noted, as an anti-inflammatory therapeutic. Additionally, a regulatory role was shown for the PDE8A-rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma (Raf)-1 kinase signaling complex in myelin antigen reactive CD4

Indexed as

cAMPinflammationintegrin adhesionleukocyte recruitmentPDE8phosphodiesteraseRaf-1 kinaseT cell motility

Identifiers

PMID33937235
PMCPMC8085600
OpenAlexW3154508303

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