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ReviewDer Internist2008

[Monoclonal antibodies. Principles, generation, application, and side effects].

U Sack, F Emmrich

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Review in Der Internist, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 92% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. [Biologics. Magic bullets - magic effects - magic costs? New therapeutics and their effects].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2011
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

U SackInstitut für Klinische Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 30, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. ulrich.sack@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
F Emmrich
Leipzig University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of monoclonal antibodies for therapeutic purposes and diagnostic imaging has become an important pillar of internal medicine in recent years. Currently, the application of antibodies against cell surface receptors and cytokines makes specific therapies possible, in particular against chronic and malignant diseases. The production of antibody preparations increasingly involves gene and biotechnological processes while continuing to adhere to the basic principle of specific antigen-antibody binding. Despite the complex antigen structure of antibodies, severe treatment side effects remain the exception. This is all the more remarkable considering the increased use of human or humanized and functionally optimized antibodies. In the coming years, numerous new monoclonal antibodies will extend the therapeutic and diagnostic possibilities for diverse clinical applications.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAutoimmune DiseasesChronic DiseaseCytokinesHumansImmunologic FactorsNeoplasmsReceptors, Cell SurfaceAntibodies, MonoclonalCytokinesImmunologic FactorsReceptors, Cell Surface

Identifiers

PMID18587546
OpenAlexW1503336644

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Registered trials

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