Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16620370›Full record

ReviewJournal of biology2006

Malaria pigment paralyzes dendritic cells.

Britta C Urban, Stephen Todryk

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Review in Journal of biology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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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

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Urinalysis and Clinical Correlations in Patients withJournal of tropical medicine · 2017
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  14. Maternal hookworm modifies risk factors for childhood eczema: results from a birth cohort in Uganda.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2014
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  15. Malarial hemozoin: from target to tool.Biochimica et biophysica acta · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Britta C UrbanCentre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK. britta.urban@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Stephen Todryk

Funding

Wellcome Trust 079082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The capacity of malarial infection to suppress the patient's immune responses both to the parasite and to other antigens has long puzzled researchers. A prime suspect, the parasite-produced pigment hemozoin, has now been clearly shown to mediate immunosuppression by inhibiting dendritic cell activity.

Indexed as

AnimalsDendritic CellsHemeproteinsHumansImmune ToleranceImmunosuppressive AgentsMalariaMicePhagocytosisPlasmodiumHemeproteinshemozoinImmunosuppressive Agents

Identifiers

PMID16620370
PMCPMC1561485

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