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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2004

HLA-B27-associated reactive arthritis: pathogenetic and clinical considerations.

Inés Colmegna, Raquel Cuchacovich, Luis R Espinoza

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Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 212 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Inés ColmegnaSection of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA.
Raquel Cuchacovich
Luis R Espinoza
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current evidence supports the concept that reactive arthritis (ReA) is an immune-mediated synovitis resulting from slow bacterial infections and showing intra-articular persistence of viable, non-culturable bacteria and/or immunogenetic bacterial antigens synthesized by metabolically active bacteria residing in the joint and/or elsewhere in the body. The mechanisms that lead to the development of ReA are complex and basically involve an interaction between an arthritogenic agent and a predisposed host. The way in which a host accommodates to invasive facultative intracellular bacteria is the key to the development of ReA. The details of the molecular pathways that explain the articular and extra-articular manifestations of the disease are still under investigation. Several studies have been done to gain a better understanding of the pathogenesis of ReA; these constitute the basis for a more rational therapeutic approach to this disease.

Indexed as

Arthritis, ReactiveHLA-B27 AntigenAnimalsChlamydiaEnterobacteriaceaeGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsHumansMiceProhibitinsRatsHLA-B27 AntigenPHB2 protein, humanProhibitins

Identifiers

PMID15084505
PMCPMC387405
OpenAlexW2126994841

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