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ArticleNature2021

AIM2 forms a complex with pyrin and ZBP1 to drive PANoptosis and host defence.

SangJoon Lee, Rajendra Karki, Yaqiu Wang, Lam Nhat Nguyen, Ravi C Kalathur, Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 513 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
513citing papers in PubMed
32.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

513 citing papers in PubMed, 682 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Cell death network regulation in HSV infection: immune evasion versus host defense.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

SangJoon LeeDepartment of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Rajendra KarkiDepartment of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4436-9128
Yaqiu WangDepartment of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Lam Nhat NguyenDepartment of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Ravi C KalathurDepartment of Structural Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4889-8003
Thirumala-Devi KannegantiDepartment of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. Thirumala-Devi.Kanneganti@StJude.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6395-6443
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Innate immune sensors, inflammasomes, and inflammasome-mediated processes in cancerR35CA253095 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti · 2020 to 2026
$7.0M
Role of NLR Inflammasomes in Autoinflammatory Diseases and Host DefenseR01AR056296 · NIAMS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI KANNEGANTI, THIRUMALA-DEVI · 2008 to 2022
$5.9M
The Non-Inflammasome NLRs in Immunity and Host defenseR01AI124346 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti · 2016 to 2026
$5.8M
Inflammatory Caspases in Innate Immunity and InflammationR37AI101935 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti · 2017 to 2026
$4.9M
Targeting innate immune pathways, and inflammatory cell death in cytokine-mediated diseasesR01AI160179 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI KANNEGANTI, THIRUMALA-DEVI · 2021 to 2025
$4.2M
Inflammatory Caspases in Innate Immunity and InflammationR01AI101935 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI KANNEGANTI, THIRUMALA-DEVI · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA253095NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI101935NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124346NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI160179NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI101935NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR056296NIH HHS AI101935NIH HHS AI124346NIH HHS AI160179NIH HHS AR056296NIH HHS CA253095
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammasomes are important sentinels of innate immune defence, sensing pathogens and inducing cell death in infected cells

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCaspase 1Cells, CulturedCytokinesDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleFrancisellaHerpesvirus 1, HumanHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNecroptosisPyrinPyroptosisAIM2 protein, humanAim2 protein, mouseCaspase 1CytokinesDNA-Binding ProteinsPyrinRNA-Binding ProteinsZBP1 protein, humanZbp1 protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID34471287
PMCPMC8603942
OpenAlexW3197986920

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