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ReviewProceedings of the American Thoracic Society2005

Innate immunity in the lungs.

Thomas R Martin, Charles W Frevert

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Review in Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 163 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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163citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

163 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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103 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

2 authors.

Thomas R MartinPulmonary Research Laboratories, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 151L, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA. trmartin@u.washington.edu
Charles W Frevert

Funding

SCCOR in Translational Research in Acute Lung InjuryP50HL073996 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HUDSON, LEONARD D · 2003 to 2007
$15.7M
TLR activation of Rho GTPase regulated signaling pathwayP01GM037696 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI MARTIN, THOMAS R · 1987 to 2006
$9.0M
INFLAMMATION AND LUNG EPITHELIAL APOPTOSISR01HL065892 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MARTIN, THOMAS R · 2000 to 2003
$882k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL65892NHLBI NIH HHS HL73996NIGMS NIH HHS GM37696
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Innate immunity is a primordial system that has a primary role in lung antimicrobial defenses. Recent advances in understanding the recognition systems by which cells of the innate immune system recognize and respond to microbial products have revolutionized the understanding of host defenses in the lungs and other tissues. The innate immune system includes lung leukocytes and also epithelial cells lining the alveolar surface and the conducting airways. The innate immune system drives adaptive immunity in the lungs and has important interactions with other systems, including apoptosis pathways and signaling pathways induced by mechanical stretch. Human diversity in innate immune responses could explain some of the variability seen in the responses of patients to bacterial, fungal, and viral infections in the lungs. New strategies to modify innate immune responses could be useful in limiting the adverse consequences of some inflammatory reactions in the lungs.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansImmune SystemImmunity, InnateLungLung DiseasesModels, ImmunologicalRabbitsSensitivity and SpecificitySignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsToll-Like Receptors

Identifiers

PMID16322590
PMCPMC2713330

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