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Article link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAFA

The single source used appears to be a legitimate article retrieved from Science Direct.

The article only details what MAFA is; it stays on topic.

No bias is present, only facts.

The source is a journal article that details what MAFA is and how it works. It appears completely neutral.

There is very scarce information presented. More viewpoints, data, and facts are necessary to make this article more useful.

The link to the one citation works. I believe the sentence, "The inhibitory capacity of MAFA is best defined in mast cells, where MAFA keeps in check the antigen-induced (i.e. Fc epsilon RI-induced) secretion of inflammatory mediators", requires a citation.

MAFA Article Critique

Overall, this article is a stub and could use more information to make it complete. The little information present seems accurate and neutral. However, the sentence discussing the inhibitory capacity of MAFA appears to need a citation. I would recommend more sources be added to get a more conclusive variety of information from many viewpoints. I noticed there are quite a few studies done on MAFA that contain results and data. Perhaps asking some questions could help determine what other information should be included in the article. How many processes in the body is MAFA involved in? What areas of a cell or the body does MAFA work? How does MAFA work? Answers to such questions could lead to finding useful information to include. I will include some great articles I found that may prove helpful. ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] More detail as to what MAFA exactly is and how it works is also necessary. The information that is present seems very solid. I believe this has potential to be a fairly strong article, once more is added to it. Stone.Breeana (talk) 15:22, 11 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

^ Matsuoka, T.; Artner, I.; Henderson, E.; Means, A.; Sander, M.; Stein, R. (2004). "The MAFA transcription factor appears to be responsible for tissue-specific expression of insulin". National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (101): 9. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ Butcher, S.; Arney, K.; Cook, G. <3755::AID-IMMU3755>3.0.CO;2-3 "MAFA-L, an ITIM-containing receptor encoded by the human NK cell gene complex and expressed by basophils and NK cells". European Journal of Immunology. 28 (11). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ Olbrot, M.; Rud, J.; Moss, L.; Sharma, A. (2002). "Identification of β-cell-specific insulin gene transcription factor RIPE3b1 as mammalian MafA". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (99): 10. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[1] Matsuoka, T.; Artner, I.; Henderson, E.; Means, A.; Sander, M.; Stein, R. (2004). "The MAFA transcription factor appears to be responsible for tissue-specific expression of insulin". National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (101): 9. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[2] Butcher, S.; Arney, K.; Cook, G. <3755::AID-IMMU3755>3.0.CO;2-3 "MAFA-L, an ITIM-containing receptor encoded by the human NK cell gene complex and expressed by basophils and NK cells". European Journal of Immunology. 28 (11). Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[3] Olbrot, M.; Rud, J.; Moss, L.; Sharma, A. (2002). "Identification of β-cell-specific insulin gene transcription factor RIPE3b1 as mammalian MafA". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (99): 10. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

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