Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16790816›Full record

ArticleInfection and immunity2006

Role of tumor necrosis factor alpha in development of immunity against Cryptosporidium parvum infection.

I-Sarah Lean, Sonia Lacroix-Lamandé, Fabrice Laurent, Vincent McDonald

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing 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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. The antiparasitic effect of C-Phycocyanin nanoparticles on cryptosporidiosis in immunosuppressed mice.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2025
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  4. Microphysiological gut-on-chip enables extendedFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  5. Review
  6. Early immune and host cell responses toFrontiers in parasitology · 2023
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  10. Review
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  12. Cryptosporidiosis-an overview.Journal of biomedical research · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

I-Sarah LeanBarts and the London School of Medicine, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Centre for Gastroenterology, Turner Street, London E1 2AD, United Kingdom.
Sonia Lacroix-Lamandé
Fabrice Laurent
Vincent McDonald

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) significantly reduced Cryptosporidium parvum development in a murine enterocyte cell line, and a key mechanism of action appeared to be inhibition of parasite invasion. However, TNF-alpha-deficient mice controlled infection as effectively as wild-type mice. This suggests that TNF-alpha might have only a redundant role for establishing immunity against C. parvum.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell LineCryptosporidiosisCryptosporidium parvumDisease Models, AnimalEnterocytesImmunity, InnateMiceMice, KnockoutTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID16790816
PMCPMC1489749

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