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ReviewImmunology2004

Interleukin-10 suppression of myeloid cell activation--a continuing puzzle.

Lynn M Williams, Giuseppe Ricchetti, Usha Sarma, Timothy Smallie, Brian M J Foxwell

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Review in Immunology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 240 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lynn M WilliamsThe Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Imperial College, London, UK. b.foxwell@ic.ac.uk
Giuseppe Ricchetti
Usha Sarma
Timothy Smallie
Brian M J Foxwell
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efforts to identify the signal transduction pathways used by interleukin-10 (IL-10) have resulted in limited success. The anti-inflammatory effects elicited by IL-10, and the mechanisms by which these are mediated, are still relatively unknown. Understanding the signalling mechanisms behind the suppression of cytokine expression by IL-10 could be of potential therapeutic interest. Although the consensus is that the Janus kinase, Jak1, as well as the signal transducer and activator of transcription STAT3 are central, much controversy exists about the participation and roles of many other signalling pathways targeted by IL-10. The mechanisms of cytokine suppression proposed by various groups have included transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational regulation of IL-10 target genes; nevertheless no unifying model has emerged thus far. Here we would like to highlight novel findings and discuss their implications in the context of current understanding of IL-10 signalling.

Indexed as

CytokinesDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression RegulationHumansInterleukin-10Myeloid CellsReceptors, InterleukinReceptors, Interleukin-10Signal TransductionSTAT3 Transcription FactorTrans-ActivatorsCytokinesDNA-Binding ProteinsInterleukin-10Receptors, InterleukinReceptors, Interleukin-10STAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription FactorTrans-Activators

Identifiers

PMID15500614
PMCPMC1782589
OpenAlexW2032530940

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