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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Recent Advances in Studies of Serum Amyloid A: Implications in Inflammation, Immunity and Tumor Metastasis.

Yixin Chang, Yezhou Liu, Yuanrui Zou, Richard D Ye

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. SAA4: An Underdog Within the Serum Amyloid a Superfamily?International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  8. Serum amyloid A in HFpEF and cardiometabolic diseases.Basic research in cardiology · 2026
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  17. Biomarkers associated with the diagnosis and prognosis ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yixin ChangKobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China.
Yezhou LiuKobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7575-8260
Yuanrui ZouKobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China.
Richard D YeKobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2164-5620

Funding

Ganghong Young Scholar Development Fund 2019E0020Kobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 2017BC0001National Natural Science Foundation of China 32070950Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone for Technology and Innovation HZQB-KCZYB-2020056Shenzhen Medical Research Fund SMRF-D2403009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on serum amyloid A (SAA) has seen major advancement in recent years with combined approaches of structural analysis and genetically altered mice. Initially identified as an acute-phase reactant, SAA is now recognized as a major player in host defense, inflammation, lipid metabolism and tumor metastasis. SAA binding and the neutralization of LPS attenuate sepsis in mouse models. SAA also displays immunomodulatory functions in Th17 differentiation and macrophage polarization, contributing to a pro-metastatic tumor microenvironment. In spite of the progress, the regulatory mechanisms for these diverse functions of SAA remain unclear. This review provides a brief summary of recent advances in SAA research on immunity, inflammation, tumor microenvironment and in vivo models.

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ImmunityInflammationNeoplasmsSerum Amyloid A ProteinAnimalsHumansMiceNeoplasm MetastasisTumor MicroenvironmentSerum Amyloid A Proteinacute-phase responseinflammationinnate immunitymouse modelsserum amyloid Atumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID39940756
PMCPMC11817213

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