Evidence map›Paper›PMID 1819715›Full record

ReviewLipids1991

Role for platelet-activating factor in asthma.

K F Chung, P J Barnes

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Review in Lipids, 1991. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Platelets in patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2015
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  3. Article
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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.

K F ChungDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom.
P J Barnes

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies of the effects of platelet-activating factor (PAF) on human and animal airways would support a putative role for this lipid mediator in asthma. PAF can induce many aspects of the clinical and pathological features seen in asthmatic airways such as airway oedema, eosinophil accumulation in the airway wall, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. PAF has potent activity as a chemotactic agent and as an activator of eosinophils, which are prominent cells in asthmatic airways, through the activation of specific surface receptors. The interaction between PAF and eosinophils may be crucial in the pathogenesis of bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthma. A role for PAF in asthma can now be studied using the recently developed antagonists of the PAF receptor.

Indexed as

AnimalsAsthmaAzepinesEosinophilsHumansMuscle, SmoothPlatelet Activating FactorRespiratory Physiological PhenomenaRespiratory SystemTriazolesAzepinesPlatelet Activating FactorTriazolesWEB 2086

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PMID1819715
OpenAlexW2133484383

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