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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024

The expression of CTLA-4 in hepatic alveolar echinococcosis patients and blocking CTLA-4 to reverse T cell exhaustion in

Yuxuan Yang, Tana Wuren, Binjie Wu, Shilei Cheng, Haining Fan

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuxuan YangResearch Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University, Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Application and Foundation for High Altitude Medicine Research in Qinghai Province (Qinghai-Utah Joint Research Key Lab for High Altitude Medicine), Laboratory for High Altitude Medicine of Qinghai Province, Xining, Qinghai, China.
Tana WurenResearch Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University, Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Application and Foundation for High Altitude Medicine Research in Qinghai Province (Qinghai-Utah Joint Research Key Lab for High Altitude Medicine), Laboratory for High Altitude Medicine of Qinghai Province, Xining, Qinghai, China.
Binjie WuResearch Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University, Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Application and Foundation for High Altitude Medicine Research in Qinghai Province (Qinghai-Utah Joint Research Key Lab for High Altitude Medicine), Laboratory for High Altitude Medicine of Qinghai Province, Xining, Qinghai, China.
Shilei ChengResearch Center for High Altitude Medicine, Qinghai University, Key Laboratory of High Altitude Medicine (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Application and Foundation for High Altitude Medicine Research in Qinghai Province (Qinghai-Utah Joint Research Key Lab for High Altitude Medicine), Laboratory for High Altitude Medicine of Qinghai Province, Xining, Qinghai, China.
Haining FanQinghai Research Key Laboratory for Echinococcosis, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China.
High Altitude Observatory · USQinghai University · CNQinghai University Affiliated Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the infection of

Indexed as

Echinococcosis, HepaticAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCTLA-4 AntigenEchinococcosisEchinococcus multilocularisHumansMiceT-Cell ExhaustionCTLA-4 Antigenalveolar echinococcosiscytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4Echinococcus multilocularisimmune microenvironmentT cell exhaustion

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PMID38605966
PMCPMC11007148
OpenAlexW4393274042

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