Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16001129›Full record

ReviewImmunogenetics2005

The Toll-like receptors: analysis by forward genetic methods.

Bruce Beutler

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Review in Immunogenetics, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Hereditary immunologic disorders caused by pyrin and cryopyrin.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2007
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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.

Bruce BeutlerThe Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. Bruce@scripps.edu
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many genes, and conceivably most genes, are constitutively expressed yet have conditional functions. Their products are utilized only under special circumstances, and enforce homeostatic regulation. Mutations do not disclose the function of such genes unless the proper conditions are applied. The genes that encode the Toll-like receptors (TLRs) fall into this category. The TLRs represent the principal sensors of infection in mammals. Absent infection, mammals have little need for the TLRs; they are essential only when microbes gain access to the interior milieu of the host. The function of the TLRs in mammals was first disclosed by a spontaneous mutation in a locus called Lps, when it was shown by positional cloning to be identical to Tlr4. Random germline mutagenesis has since permitted an estimate of the total number of proteins required for TLR signaling to the level of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) synthesis and activity, and has also shown that these sensors are extremely broad in their ability to detect microbes. Ultimately, the TLRs are responsible for most infection-related phenomena, both good and bad. These include the development of fever, shock, and tissue injury, but also the activation of innate and adaptive effector mechanisms that lead to the elimination of microbes.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateSignal TransductionAnimalsEvolution, MolecularMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceToll-Like Receptor 4Toll-Like ReceptorsMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceToll-Like Receptor 4Toll-Like Receptors

Identifiers

PMID16001129
OpenAlexW1964343287

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