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ArticleJournal of neuroimmunology2008

C5a is not involved in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis pathogenesis.

Huibin Qi, Erdem Tüzün, Windy Allman, Shamsher S Saini, Zurina R Penabad, Silvia Pierangeli, Premkumar Christadoss

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Article in Journal of neuroimmunology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Huibin QiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1070, USA.
Erdem Tüzün
Windy Allman
Shamsher S Saini
Zurina R Penabad
Silvia Pierangeli
Premkumar Christadoss
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AND PROSTATE CANCERG12RR003034 · NCRR · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI LIU, DONG · 1986 to 2011
$32.4M
WORK DISABILITY-- PERSONS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISP60AR047785 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI FELSON, DAVID TOBIN · 2001 to 2016
$18.0M
NCRR NIH HHS G12 RR003034NCRR NIH HHS G-12-RR03034NIAMS NIH HHS 2P60 AR047785-06NIAMS NIH HHS P60 AR047785NIGMS NIH HHS GM58268002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

C5 deficient mice are highly resistant to experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) despite intact immune response to acetylcholine receptor (AChR), validating the pivotal role played by membrane attack complex (MAC, C5b-9) in neuromuscular junction destruction. To distinguish the significance of C5a from that of C5b in EAMG pathogenesis, C5a receptor (C5aR) knockout (KO) and wild-type (WT) mice were immunized with AChR to induce pathogenic anti-AChR antibodies. In contrast with C5 deficient mice, C5aR KO mice were equally susceptible to EAMG as WT mice and exhibited comparable antibody and lymphocyte proliferation response to AChR implicating that C5a is not involved in EAMG development.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodiesAntigen-Antibody ComplexComplement C5aDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayGerminal CenterMiceMice, KnockoutMyasthenia Gravis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalRadioimmunoassayReceptor, Anaphylatoxin C5aReceptors, CholinergicStatistics, NonparametricAntibodiesAntigen-Antibody ComplexComplement C5aReceptor, Anaphylatoxin C5aReceptors, Cholinergic

Identifiers

PMID18455242
PMCPMC3645869
OpenAlexW2160064487

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