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ReviewAnnals of the rheumatic diseases2006

Standardisation of synovial tissue infiltrate analysis: how far have we come? How much further do we need to go?

M D Smith, D Baeten, A-K Ulfgren, I B McInnes, O Fitzgerald, B Bresnihan, P P Tak, D Veale, OMERACT synovial special interests group

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Review in Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Synovial tissue research: a state-of-the-art review.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2017
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  14. Is there a role of synovial biopsy in drug development?BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2016
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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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

M D SmithRheumatology Research Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia. malcolm.smith@rgh.sa.gov.au
D Baeten
A-K Ulfgren
I B McInnes
O Fitzgerald
B Bresnihan
P P Tak
D Veale
OMERACT synovial special interests group
St. Vincent's University Hospital · IEGhent University Hospital · BEKarolinska University Hospital · SERepatriation General Hospital · AUUniversity of Amsterdam · NLUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changes in cellular infiltrate and expression of cytokines, chemokines, and cell adhesion molecules as a result of therapeutic interventions in rheumatoid arthritis can be demonstrated in the synovial membrane. However, before synovial tissue analysis can be used as an outcome measure in such studies, standardisation of the site and method of synovial tissue acquisition, methods of tissue processing, and appropriate methods of detection and measurement of cell lineage specific markers and relevant biological proteins is needed.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidBiomarkersBiopsyHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImmunoenzyme TechniquesSynovial MembraneBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID15975970
PMCPMC1797968
OpenAlexW2119172085

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