Evidence map›Paper›PMID 11798977›Full record

ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2002

Immunopathogenesis of vasculitis.

Raquel Cuchacovich

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Review in Current rheumatology reports, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Case report:Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025
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  6. Cutaneous vasculitis in small animals.The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice · 2013
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  7. Cutaneous vasculitis.Current rheumatology reports · 2005
    Review
  8. Granulomatous vasculitis.Current rheumatology reports · 2003
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raquel CuchacovichSection of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112-2822, USA. rcucha@yupimail.com
Louisiana State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vasculitis is defined by the presence of leukocytes in the vessel wall with reactive damage to mural structures, leading to tissue ischemia and necrosis. The immunopathologic events that initiate the process of vascular inflammation and blood vessel damage are unclear. Damage of vascular endothelial cells and the recruitment and accumulation of the inflammatory infiltrate are determined by the endothelial cell and the bystanders, including the expression of adhesion molecules, the secretion of peptides and hormones, and the specific interaction with inflammatory cells. In addition to the endothelial cells, which provide costimulatory function, other cellular components and nonendothelial structures of the vessel wall are involved in controlling the inflammatory process, serve as antigen-presenting cells, and contribute with inflammatory mediators.

Indexed as

ApoptosisAutoantibodiesCell Adhesion MoleculesEndothelium, VascularHumansRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificityVasculitisAutoantibodiesCell Adhesion Molecules

Identifiers

PMID11798977
OpenAlexW1973951439

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.