Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18798918›Full record

ReviewImmunology2008

The role of T-regulatory cells and Toll-like receptors in the pathogenesis of human inflammatory bowel disease.

Megan E Himmel, Gijs Hardenberg, Ciriaco A Piccirillo, Theodore S Steiner, Megan K Levings

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Review in Immunology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
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  7. Immune response modulation in inflammatory bowel diseases byWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2023
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  8. Protective Effect of NovelMicroorganisms · 2023
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  10. TLR4 regulates RORγtMicrobiome · 2022
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  15. JAK-STAT pathway targeting for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020
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  17. EngineeredMicroorganisms · 2019
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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megan E HimmelDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, and Immunity and Infection Research Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada.
Gijs Hardenberg
Ciriaco A Piccirillo
Theodore S Steiner
Megan K Levings
Vancouver Coastal Health · CAMcGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two related chronic inflammatory diseases, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are together often referred to as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Current treatment options are not curative, and patients face lifelong therapy and debilitation. IBD is thought to be the product of a combination of genetic and environmental factors that result in the abnormal regulation of immune responses. Experimental models have demonstrated that normal CD4+ T-regulatory (Treg) cell responses and commensal bacteria are required for the maintenance of gut immune homeostasis. Recent evidence that CD4+ T cells express Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and respond directly to TLR ligands, suggests that signals from commensal bacteria may directly affect T-cell responses in the gut. In this review, we focus on evidence that defects in Treg cells may underlie IBD in humans. In addition, we discuss evidence that direct signaling via TLRs to T cells can affect IBD and that T-cell-dependent responses to bacterial proteins, such as flagellin, are central to the aetiology of this disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, BacterialFlagellinHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesLymphocyte CountMiceModels, ImmunologicalT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryToll-Like ReceptorsAntigens, BacterialFlagellinToll-Like Receptors

Identifiers

PMID18798918
PMCPMC2561137
OpenAlexW1963966961

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