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ArticlePurinergic signalling2005

Purinergic mechanism in the immune system: A signal of danger for dendritic cells.

Francesco Di Virgilio

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Article in Purinergic signalling, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Purinergic Receptors in Dendritic Cells.Journal of inflammation research · 2025
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  10. Immunosuppression in GliomasFrontiers in oncology · 2020
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  11. Dendritic Cell-Mediated Th2 Immunity and Immune Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  13. Infection of Human Macrophages byFrontiers in immunology · 2017
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  15. Frontiers in immunology · 2017
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francesco Di VirgilioDepartment of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Section of General Pathology, and Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Inflammation (ICSI), University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, fdv@unife.it.
University of Ferrara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is increasing appreciation that injured or stressed cells release molecules endowed with the ability to modulate dendritic cell maturation. The role of these molecules is thought to be that of alerting the body of an impending danger, and initiate and shape the subsequent immune response. Nucleotides are perfectly suited for this task as they are easily released upon damage of the cell membrane, rapidly diffuse in the extracellular environment and ligate specific plasma membrane receptors expressed by dendritic cells and other mononuclear phagocytes. A better knowledge of the modulation of dendritic cell responses by extracellular nucleotides may provide novel routes to enhance the immune response and increase the efficacy of vaccination.

Identifiers

PMID18404505
PMCPMC2096539
OpenAlexW2095277390

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Registered trials

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