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ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports1999

Cytokines and the immunopathology of the spondyloarthropathies.

J Braun, J Sieper

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Review in Current rheumatology reports, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Metabolomics: A Viable Approach to Understand the Pathogenesis of Reactive ArthritisEndocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2026
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  2. Pathways of cell activation in spondyloarthropathies.Current rheumatology reports · 2001
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J BraunDepartment of Medicine, Rheumatology, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany.
J Sieper
Freie Universität Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In contrast to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the triggering antigens are known in reactive arthritis (ReA) and Lyme arthritis. Thus, in these arthritides the antigen-specific T-cell response can be investigated in much detail and lessons possibly learned for other spondyloarthropathies (SpA) such as ankylosing spondylitis (AS) where T cells may well also play an important role in the pathogenesis. This article focusses on the immunopathology of the SpA, ReA, and AS with special reference to T cells and cytokines.

Indexed as

Arthritis, ReactiveCytokinesDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMalePrognosisProhibitinsSeverity of Illness IndexSpondylitisSpondylitis, AnkylosingSynovial FluidCytokinesPHB2 protein, humanProhibitins

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PMID11123018
OpenAlexW2001186119

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