Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16966405›Full record

ReviewInfection and immunity2006

Ganglioside molecular mimicry and its pathological roles in Guillain-Barré syndrome and related diseases.

Robert K Yu, Seigo Usuki, Toshio Ariga

Open access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review 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 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert K YuInstitute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics and Institute of Neuroscience, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. ryu@mcg.edu
Seigo Usuki
Toshio Ariga
Augusta University · US

Funding

ROLE OF GLYCOLIPIDS IN EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPATHYR01NS026994 · NINDS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI YU, ROBERT K. · 1988 to 2012
$3.3M
NINDS NIH HHS NS 26994NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS026994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AnimalsCampylobacter jejuniGangliosidesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGuillain-Barre SyndromeHumansLipopolysaccharidesMolecular MimicryNeuromuscular JunctionOligosaccharidesGangliosidesLipopolysaccharidesOligosaccharides

Identifiers

PMID16966405
PMCPMC1698092
OpenAlexW2136970311

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.