Evidence map›Paper›PMID 10769016›Full record

ArticleInfection and immunity2000

Increased levels of soluble Fas ligand in serum in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

P Kern, M Dietrich, C Hemmer, N Wellinghausen

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

P KernSection of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. peter.kern@medizin.uni-ulm.de
M Dietrich
C Hemmer
N Wellinghausen
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DEUniversität Ulm · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Levels of soluble Fas ligand (sFasL) in serum were elevated in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria and showed a significant decline during disease course. sFasL levels that were elevated before antimalarial treatment began correlated significantly with depressed total lymphocyte and T-cell counts. These data suggest that Fas-induced apoptosis might play a role in malaria-associated lymphopenia.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAnimalsFas Ligand ProteinFemaleHumansMalaria, FalciparumMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMiddle AgedPlasmodium falciparumSolubilityFASLG protein, humanFas Ligand ProteinMembrane Glycoproteins

Identifiers

PMID10769016
PMCPMC97531
OpenAlexW2157708069

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