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ReviewSeminars in immunology2009

Augmentation of antibody responses by retinoic acid and costimulatory molecules.

A Catharine Ross, Qiuyan Chen, Yifan Ma

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Review in Seminars in immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. The effects of cocoa on the immune system.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2013
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  15. Vitamin A and retinoic acid in T cell-related immunity.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A Catharine RossDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 110 Chandlee Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA. acr6@psu.edu
Qiuyan Chen
Yifan Ma
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

VITAMIN A NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND IMMUNE FUNCTIONR01DK041479 · NIDDK · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI ROSS, A. CATHARINE · 1989 to 2015
$4.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK041479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody production is crucial for a successful vaccine response. Beyond the ability of vitamin A (VA) and its active metabolite, all-trans-retinoic acid (RA) to restore growth in VA-deficient animals, supplementation with VA and/or treatment with RA can augment antibody responses in both VA-deficient and VA-adequate animals. RA alone, and in combination with stimuli that are ligands for the Toll-like receptor family, can augment the adaptive immune response leading to a heightened primary antibody response, and a stronger recall response upon restimulation. Mechanisms may include regulation of cell populations, type 1/type 2 cytokines, and B cell-related transcription factors, leading to accelerated B cell maturation.

Indexed as

Antibody FormationAnimalsB7-1 AntigenB7-2 AntigenB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCytidine DeaminaseCytokinesHumansImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingKiller Cells, NaturalNatural Killer T-CellsTranscription FactorsTretinoinVitamin AB7-1 AntigenB7-2 AntigenCytidine DeaminaseCytokinesTranscription FactorsTretinoinVitamin A

Identifiers

PMID18819820
PMCPMC2615053
OpenAlexW2002542770

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