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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2006

Regulatory T Cells, a Potent Immunoregulatory Target for CAM Researchers: Modulating Allergic and Infectious Disease Pathology (II).

Aristo Vojdani, Jonathan Erde

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Role of Exposomes in the Pathophysiology of Autoimmune Diseases I: Toxic Chemicals and Food.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2021
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  2. Anticancer Potentials of Root Extract of Polygala senega and Its PLGA Nanoparticles-Encapsulated Form.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011
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  4. Ethanolic Extract of Propolis Augments TRAIL-Induced Apoptotic Death in Prostate Cancer Cells.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011
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  5. Mesotherapy versus Systemic Therapy in the Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011
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  6. Observations on Copy Number Variations in a Kidney-yang Deficiency Syndrome Family.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011
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  7. The Role of Th17 in Neuroimmune Disorders: Target for CAM Therapy. Part I.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011
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  8. Novel Diagnosis of Lyme Disease: Potential for CAM Intervention.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2009
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  9. Oral Bromelain Attenuates Inflammation in an Ovalbumin-induced Murine Model of Asthma.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2008
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  10. Acupuncture regulates leukocyte subpopulations in human peripheral blood.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aristo Vojdani
Jonathan Erde
Immunosciences Lab (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T (T(reg)) cells maintain dominant control of immune responses to foreign materials and microbes. Appropriate T(reg) cell suppression of immune responses is essential for the maintenance of efficacious defensive responses and the limitation of collateral tissue damage due to excess inflammation. Allergy and infection are well studied and frequent afflictions in which T(reg) cells play an essential role. As such, they provide excellent models to communicate the significance and relevance of T(reg) cells to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

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PMID16786050
PMCPMC1475941
OpenAlexW2098377194

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