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ArticleNature medicine2001

Immune privilege or inflammation? Insights into the Fas ligand enigma.

J O'Connell, A Houston, M W Bennett, G C O'Sullivan, F Shanahan

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Article in Nature medicine, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 154 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J O'ConnellDepartment of Medicine, University Hospital, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland. j.oconnell@ucc.ie
A Houston
M W Bennett
G C O'Sullivan
F Shanahan
National University of Ireland · IEMercy University Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fas ligand (FasL) has become an enigmatic molecule: some evidence indicates that it contributes to immune privilege in tissues and tumors, whereas other data demonstrates that FasL can elicit inflammation. New findings may begin to reconcile the paradoxical effects of FasL.

Indexed as

Fas Ligand ProteinHumansInflammationMembrane GlycoproteinsNeoplasmsRNA, MessengerFASLG protein, humanFas Ligand ProteinMembrane GlycoproteinsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID11231613
OpenAlexW1518444064

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