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ReviewArthritis research2002

Paradoxical roles of IFN-gamma in models of Th1-mediated autoimmunity.

Edward F Rosloniec, Kary Latham, Yajaira B Guedez

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Review in Arthritis research, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Edward F RosloniecVA Medical Center, Research Service (151), Memphis, Tennessee, USA. erosloniec@utmem.edu
Kary Latham
Yajaira B Guedez
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · USMemphis VA Medical Center · US

Funding

TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITH ORAL BOVINE TYPE II CARTILAGE COLLAGENP50AR039166 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI STUART, JOHN M · 1987 to 2005
$4.6M
SPINAL MATRIX METABOLISM UNDER ALTERING STRESS STATESP30AR047379 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI POSTLETHWAITE, ARNOLD E · 2001 to 2006
$3.0M
MECHANISMS OF AUTOIMMUNE ARTHRITISR01AR045201 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI ROSLONIEC, EDWARD F · 1998 to 2001
$377k
NIAMS NIH HHS AR39166NIAMS NIH HHS AR45201NIAMS NIH HHS AR47379NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR047379NIAMS NIH HHS P50 AR039166
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell responses to antigens are classified on the basis of the cytokines they produce as either Th1 (IFN-gamma, IL-2) or Th2 (IL-4, IL-10), with these Th types being indicative of either cell-mediated or antibody-mediated responses, respectively. Using this classification, T-cell responses in MHC-class-II-restricted autoimmune diseases appear to be predominantly of the Th1 type, based on the presence of high levels of IFN-gamma. This simplistic classification has recently been challenged, however, as disease incidence and severity are frequently elevated in animals that have a deficient IFN-gamma response. The recent data discussed here indicate that the cytokine circuits involved in the regulation of cell-mediated and humoral immune responses during the development of autoimmune arthritis are more complex than originally proposed; perhaps our characterization of autoimmune responses as strictly Th1 or Th2 is overly simplistic, especially as it pertains to the role of IFN-gamma.

Indexed as

AnimalsArthritis, ExperimentalAutoimmune DiseasesAutoimmunityDisease Models, AnimalInterferon-gammaMiceTh1 CellsInterferon-gamma

Identifiers

PMID12453308
PMCPMC153838
OpenAlexW1559833512

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