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Targeted disruption of leukotriene B4 receptors BLT1 and BLT2: a critical role for BLT1 in collagen-induced arthritis in mice.
No full textDifferential regulation of formyl peptide and platelet-activating factor receptors. Role of phospholipase Cβ3 phosphorylation by protein kinase A
No full textActivin A induces dendritic cell migration through the polarized release of CXC chemokine ligands 12 and 14
No full textActivin A is a dimeric protein, member of
the transforming growth factor (TGF)–
family that plays a crucial role in wound
repair and in fetal tolerance. Emerging
evidence also proposes activin Aas a key
mediator in inflammation. This study reports
that activin A induces the directional
migration of immature myeloid dendritic
cells (iDCs) through the activation
of ALK4 and ActRIIA receptor chains.
Conversely, activin A was not active on
plasmacytoid dendritic cells (DCs) or mature
myeloid DCs. iDC migration to activin
A was phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
–dependent, Bordetella pertussis toxin–
and cycloheximide-sensitive, and was
inhibited by M3, a viral-encoded chemokinebinding
protein. In a real-time video
microscopy-based migration assay, activin
A induced polarization of iDCs, but
not migration. These characteristics
clearly differentiated the chemotactic activities
of activin A from TGF- and classic
chemokines. By the use of combined
pharmacologic and low-density microarray
analysis, it was possible to define that
activin-A–induced migration depends on
the selective and polarized release of
2 chemokines, namely CXC chemokine
ligands 12 and 14. This study extends the
proinflammatory role of activin A to DC
recruitment and provides a cautionary
message about the reliability of the in
vitro chemotaxis assays in discriminating
direct versus indirect chemotactic
agonists
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Differential regulation of formyl peptide and platelet-activating factor receptors. Role of phospholipase Cβ3 phosphorylation by protein kinase A
No full textVariations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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