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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Sulfatides are endogenous ligands for the TLR4-MD-2 complex.

Lijing Su, Muhammad Athamna, Ying Wang, Junmei Wang, Marina Freudenberg, Tao Yue, Jianhui Wang, Eva Marie Y Moresco, Haoming He, Tsaffrir Zor and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Lijing SuCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390; lijing.su@utsouthwestern.edu tsaffyz@tauex.tau.ac.il bruce.beutler@utsouthwestern.edu.
Muhammad AthamnaDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Ying WangCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Junmei WangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
Marina FreudenbergBIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
Tao YueCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Jianhui WangCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Eva Marie Y MorescoCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.ORCID 0000-0002-2049-7291
Haoming HeDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Tsaffrir ZorDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel; lijing.su@utsouthwestern.edu tsaffyz@tauex.tau.ac.il bruce.beutler@utsouthwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7224-3939
Bruce BeutlerCenter for the Genetics of Host Defense, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390; lijing.su@utsouthwestern.edu tsaffyz@tauex.tau.ac.il bruce.beutler@utsouthwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3639-246X
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USTel Aviv University · ILUniversity of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Freiburg · DE

Funding

Systems Biology CoreU19AI100627 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI ULEVITCH, RICHARD J · 2012 to 2021
$49.1M
Automated Forward Genetic Analysis of Adaptive ImmunityR01AI125581 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI BRUCE A BEUTLER · 2016 to 2026
$19.5M
Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer equipped with Hybrid Pixel Array Detector and In Situ Crystallization Plate Screening CapS10OD025018 · OD · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI TOMCHICK, DIANA R. · 2018 to 2018
$453k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125581NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI100627NIH HHS S10 OD025018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many endogenous molecules, mostly proteins, purportedly activate the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-myeloid differentiation factor-2 (MD-2) complex, the innate immune receptor for lipopolysaccharide (LPS) derived from gram-negative bacteria. However, there is no structural evidence supporting direct TLR4-MD-2 activation by endogenous ligands. Sulfatides (3-

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportAnimalsCell LineFemaleHumansLymphocyte Antigen 96MiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMolecular Dynamics SimulationMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88SulfoglycosphingolipidsToll-Like Receptor 4Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportLy96 protein, mouseLymphocyte Antigen 96Myd88 protein, mouseMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88SulfoglycosphingolipidsTicam1 protein, mouseTlr4 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 4autoimmunityendogenous ligandinnate immunityToll-like receptorX-ray crystallography

Identifiers

PMID34290146
PMCPMC8325290
OpenAlexW3186303402

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