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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2005

Mechanisms of type-I- and type-II-interferon-mediated signalling.

Leonidas C Platanias

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,948 papers.

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1,948citing papers in PubMed
44.0field-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

1,948 citing papers in PubMed, 3,404 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leonidas C PlataniasRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School, 710 North Fairbanks Court, Olson 8250, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. l-platanias@northwestern.edu
Northwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferons are cytokines that have antiviral, antiproliferative and immunomodulatory effects. Because of these important properties, in the past two decades, major research efforts have been undertaken to understand the signalling mechanisms through which these cytokines induce their effects. Since the original discovery of the classical JAK (Janus activated kinase)-STAT (signal transducer and activator of transcription) pathway of signalling, it has become clear that the coordination and cooperation of multiple distinct signalling cascades - including the mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 cascade and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase cascade - are required for the generation of responses to interferons. It is anticipated that an increased understanding of the contributions of these recently identified pathways will advance our current thinking about how interferons work.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsHumansInterferon-gammaInterferon Type IMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphorylationProtein BiosynthesisSignal TransductionTrans-ActivatorsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingInterferon-gammaInterferon Type IMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesTrans-Activators

Identifiers

PMID15864272
OpenAlexW2078844752

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