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ReviewProceedings of the American Thoracic Society2007

Respiratory infections: do we ever recover?

John Goulding, Robert Snelgrove, José Saldana, Arnaud Didierlaurent, Mary Cavanagh, Emily Gwyer, Jeremy Wales, Erika L Wissinger, Tracy Hussell

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Review in Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Stroma: the forgotten cells of innate immune memory.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2018
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  8. Clinical characteristics of infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae P1 genotypes in children.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2018
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  12. Stop the executioners.Nature immunology · 2015
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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John GouldingKennedy Institute for Rheumatology, Imperial College London, 1 Aspenlea Road, London W6 8LH, UK.
Robert Snelgrove
José Saldana
Arnaud Didierlaurent
Mary Cavanagh
Emily Gwyer
Jeremy Wales
Erika L Wissinger
Tracy Hussell
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400795
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the outcome of respiratory infection alters with age, nutritional status, and immunologic competence, there is a growing body of evidence that we all develop a unique but subtle inflammatory profile. This uniqueness is determined by the sequence of infections or antigenic insults encountered that permanently mold our lungs through experience. This experience and learning process forms the basis of immunologic memory that is attributed to the acquired immune system. But what happens if the pathogen is not homologous to any preceding it? In the absence of cross-specific acquired immunity, one would expect a response similar to that of a subject who had never been infected with anything before. It is now clear that this is not the case. Prior inflammation in the respiratory tract alters immunity and pathology to subsequent infections even when they are antigenically distinct. Furthermore, the influence of the first infection is long lasting, not dependent on the presence of T and B cells, and effective against disparate pathogen combinations. We have used the term "innate imprinting" to explain this phenomenon, although innate education may be a closer description. This educational process, by sequential waves of infection, may be beneficial, as shown for successive viral infections, or significantly worse, as illustrated by the increased susceptibly to life-threatening bacterial pneumonia in patients infected with seasonal and pandemic influenza. We now examine what these long-term changes involve, the likely cell populations affected, and what this means to those studying inflammatory disorders in the lung.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAnimalsAntibodiesAntigen-Presenting CellsCross ReactionsEpithelial CellsHumansKiller Cells, NaturalLymphatic SystemRegenerationRespiratory MucosaRespiratory Tract InfectionsT-LymphocytesAntibodies

Identifiers

PMID18073393
PMCPMC2647650
OpenAlexW2038545770

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