Everything about Syrian Democratic Forces

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Syrian Democratic ForcesA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Locally Attentional SDF Diffusion for Controllable 3D Shape GenerationInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: ClochardThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Stromal Fibroblasts Present in Invasive Human Breast Carcinomas Promote Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis through Elevated SDF-1/CXCL12 SecretionCited 3,296 times
5. Go sideways: Northern Sun BattalionA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Manbij Military CouncilA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Stromal Fibroblasts Present in Invasive Human Breast Carcinomas Promote Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis through Elevated SDF-1/CXCL12 Secretion

  Akira Orimo, Piyush B. Gupta, Dennis C. Sgroi · 2005 · Cell · 3,296 citations

• Progenitor cell trafficking is regulated by hypoxic gradients through HIF-1 induction of SDF-1

  Daniel J Ceradini, Anita R Kulkarni, Matthew J Callaghan · 2004 · Nature Medicine · 2,237 citations

• Defects of B-cell lymphopoiesis and bone-marrow myelopoiesis in mice lacking the CXC chemokine PBSF/SDF-1

  Takashi Nagasawa, Seiichi Hirota, Kazunobu Tachibana · 1996 · Nature · 1,976 citations

• The lymphocyte chemoattractant SDF-1 is a ligand for LESTR/fusin and blocks HIV-1 entry

  Conrad C. Bleul, Michael Farzan, Hyeryun Choe · 1996 · Nature · 1,609 citations

• Impaired B-lymphopoiesis, myelopoiesis, and derailed cerebellar neuron migration in CXCR4- and SDF-1-deficient mice

  Qing Ma, Dan Jones, Paul R. Borghesani · 1998 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,422 citations

• The CXC chemokine SDF-1 is the ligand for LESTR/fusin and prevents infection by T-cell-line-adapted HIV-1

  Estelle Oberlin, Ali Amara, Franc˛oise Bachelerie · 1996 · Nature · 1,389 citations

• CXCL12 (SDF-1)/CXCR4 Pathway in Cancer

  Beverly A. Teicher, Simon P. Fricker · 2010 · Clinical Cancer Research · 1,315 citations

• A highly efficacious lymphocyte chemoattractant, stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1)

  C C Bleul, R C Fuhlbrigge, J M Casasnovas · 1996 · The Journal of experimental medicine · 1,185 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Locally Attentional SDF Diffusion for Controllable 3D Shape Generation

  Xin-Yang Zheng, Hao Pan, Peng-Shuai Wang · 2023 · ACM Transactions on Graphics · 129 citations

• CXCR4-modified CAR-T cells suppresses MDSCs recruitment via STAT3/NF-κB/SDF-1α axis to enhance efficacy against pancreatic cancer

  Ruixin Sun, Yansha Sun, Chuanlong Wu · 2023 · Molecular Therapy · 115 citations

• GDF11 promotes wound healing in diabetic mice via stimulating HIF-1ɑ-VEGF/SDF-1ɑ-mediated endothelial progenitor cell mobilization and neovascularization

  Ying Zhang, Yi-yuan Zhang, Zhen-wei Pan · 2022 · Acta Pharmacologica Sinica · 95 citations

• Pericardial Delivery of SDF‐1 α Puerarin Hydrogel Promotes Heart Repair and Electrical Coupling

  Li Luo, Yuetong Li, Ziwei Bao · 2023 · Advanced Materials · 94 citations

• Synergistic effect of VEGF and SDF-1α in endothelial progenitor cells and vascular smooth muscle cells

  Haiyan Yang, Cancan He, Yang Bi · 2022 · Frontiers in Pharmacology · 87 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• ClochardPatrick Gaboriau · 1993
• 📕THE TROUBLE WITH FLIRTING (Fabulous FiveBetsy Haynes · 1988

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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