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ArticleeLife2021

Polymerization of misfolded Z alpha-1 antitrypsin protein lowers CX3CR1 expression in human PBMCs.

Srinu Tumpara, Matthias Ballmaier, Sabine Wrenger, Mandy König, Matthias Lehmann, Ralf Lichtinghagen, Beatriz Martinez-Delgado, Elena Korenbaum, David DeLuca, Nils Jedicke and 5 more

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Srinu TumparaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0363-3914
Matthias BallmaierCell Sorting Core Facility Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1352-5995
Sabine WrengerDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9733-6162
Mandy König8sens.biognostic GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Matthias Lehmann8sens.biognostic GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Ralf LichtinghagenInstitute of Clinical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Beatriz Martinez-DelgadoDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Health Carlos III, Center for Biomedical Research in the Network of Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Majadahonda, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6834-350X
Elena KorenbaumInstitute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
David DeLucaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0141-9116
Nils JedickeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Tobias WelteDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.
Malin FrommeMedical Clinic III, Gastroenterology, Metabolic Diseases and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Pavel StrnadMedical Clinic III, Gastroenterology, Metabolic Diseases and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Jan StolkDepartment of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Member of European Reference Network LUNG, section Alpha-1-antitrypsin Deficiency, Leiden, Netherlands.
Sabina JanciauskieneDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7687-5258
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DELeiden University Medical Center · NLPathodiagnostik Berlin · DERWTH Aachen University · DEInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Expression levels of CX3CR1 (C-X3-C motif chemokine receptor 1) on immune cells have significant importance in maintaining tissue homeostasis under physiological and pathological conditions. The factors implicated in the regulation of CX3CR1 and its specific ligand CX3CL1 (fractalkine) expression remain largely unknown. Recent studies provide evidence that host's misfolded proteins occurring in the forms of polymers or amyloid fibrils can regulate CX3CR1 expression. Herein, a novel example demonstrates that polymers of human ZZ alpha-1 antitrypsin (Z-AAT) protein, resulting from its conformational misfolding due to the Z (Glu342Lys) mutation in

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MutationPolymersAdultalpha 1-AntitrypsinChemokine CX3CL1CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1FemaleHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMaleMiddle AgedProtein ConformationRNA, Messengeralpha 1-AntitrypsinChemokine CX3CL1CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1CX3CL1 protein, humanCX3CR1 protein, humanPolymersRNA, MessengerSERPINA1 protein, humanalpha-1-antitrypsincell biologyCX3CR1/CX3CL1 axishumaninflammationmedicinePBMCspolymersprotein misfolding

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