Everything about PAF

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: PAFA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: PAF‐6 Doped with Phosphoric Acid through Alkaline Nitrogen Atoms Boosting High‐Temperature Proton‐Exchange Membranes for High Performance of Fuel CellsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Frauennetzwerke in Architektur & PlanungThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Macrophages that have ingested apoptotic cells in vitro inhibit proinflammatory cytokine production through autocrine/paracrine mechanisms involving TGF-beta, PGE2, and PAF.Cited 2,602 times
5. Go sideways: Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar KhanA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Military academies in PakistanA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Macrophages that have ingested apoptotic cells in vitro inhibit proinflammatory cytokine production through autocrine/paracrine mechanisms involving TGF-beta, PGE2, and PAF.

  V A Fadok, D L Bratton, A Konowal · 1998 · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2,602 citations

• Platelet-Activating Factor, PAF Acetylhydrolase, and Severe Anaphylaxis

  Peter Vadas, Milton Gold, Boris Perelman · 2008 · New England Journal of Medicine · 501 citations

• Structure of activated transcription complex Pol II–DSIF–PAF–SPT6

  Seychelle M. Vos, Lucas Farnung, Marc Boehning · 2018 · Nature · 491 citations

• Coexpression of GMP-140 and PAF by endothelium stimulated by histamine or thrombin: a juxtacrine system for adhesion and activation of neutrophils.

  D E Lorant, K D Patel, T M McIntyre · 1991 · The Journal of cell biology · 416 citations

• Calcium dependent phosphodiesterase activity and its activating factor (PAF) from brain

  Shiro Kakiuchi, Reiko Yamazaki · 1970 · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 414 citations

• Physicochemical and Functional Identity of Rabbit Platelet-Activating Factor (PAF) Released in Vivo during IgE Anaphylaxis with PAF Released in Vitro from IgE Sensitized Basophils

  R Neal Pinckard, Richard S Farr, Donald J Hanahan · 1979 · The Journal of Immunology · 345 citations

• Platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor and genetically engineered PAF receptor mutant mice

  Satoshi Ishii, Takao Shimizu · 2000 · Progress in Lipid Research · 333 citations

• CV-3988 - A specific antagonist of platelet activating factor (PAF)

  Zen-ichi Terashita, Susumu Tsushima, Yoshio Yoshioka · 1983 · Life Sciences · 278 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• PAF‐6 Doped with Phosphoric Acid through Alkaline Nitrogen Atoms Boosting High‐Temperature Proton‐Exchange Membranes for High Performance of Fuel Cells

  Liying Wang, Yuliang Wang, Zhangnan Li · 2023 · Advanced Materials · 91 citations

• Platelet Activating Factor (PAF): A Mediator of Inflammation

  Julia E. M. Upton, Eyal Grunebaum, Gordon Sussman · 2022 · BioFactors · 80 citations

• Synergistically improved PIM-1 membrane gas separation performance by PAF-1 incorporation and UV irradiation

  Rujing Hou, Stefan J. D. Smith, Kristina Konstas · 2022 · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 58 citations

• PAF-IoD: PUF-Enabled Authentication Framework for the Internet of Drones

  Muhammad Tanveer, Abdallah Aldosary, Salah-ud-din Khokhar · 2024 · IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology · 53 citations

• Targeting the Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor (PAF-R): Antithrombotic and Anti-Atherosclerotic Nutrients

  Rajendran Harishkumar, Sakshi Hans, Janelle E. Stanton · 2022 · Nutrients · 52 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Frauennetzwerke in Architektur & PlanungMaya Karácsony, Barbara Zibell · 2018
• A Life in the Shadow of Rusi B. Mobed- Aviation History BookF.E. Antia · 2026
• Publishing a family history from P.A.F.Ilene Chandler Miller · 1994
• Wings of BrotherhoodBadrul Hassan Khan · 2026

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