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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

The Neutral Sphingomyelinase 2 Is Required to Polarize and Sustain T Cell Receptor Signaling.

Charlene Börtlein, Annette Draeger, Roman Schoenauer, Alexander Kuhlemann, Markus Sauer, Sibylle Schneider-Schaulies, Elita Avota

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Charlene BörtleinInstitute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Annette DraegerDepartment of Cell Biology, Institute for Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Roman SchoenauerDepartment of Cell Biology, Institute for Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Alexander KuhlemannDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Markus SauerDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Sibylle Schneider-SchauliesInstitute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Elita AvotaInstitute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
University of Würzburg · DEUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

By promoting ceramide release at the cytosolic membrane leaflet, the neutral sphingomyelinase 2 (NSM) is capable of organizing receptor and signalosome segregation. Its role in T cell receptor (TCR) signaling remained so far unknown. We now show that TCR-driven NSM activation is dispensable for TCR clustering and initial phosphorylation, but of crucial importance for further signal amplification. In particular, at low doses of TCR stimulatory antibodies, NSM is required for Ca

Indexed as

CD3 ComplexCell DifferentiationCeramidesHumansJurkat CellsLymphocyte ActivationMicrotubule-Organizing CenterPhosphorylationReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionSphingomyelin PhosphodiesteraseT-LymphocytesZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine KinaseCD3 ComplexCeramidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSMPD3 protein, humanSphingomyelin PhosphodiesteraseZAP70 protein, humanZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinaseceramidesneutral sphingomyelinase 2PKCζT cellsthe microtubule-organizing center

Identifiers

PMID29720981
PMCPMC5915489
OpenAlexW2800263460

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