Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18982159›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2008

Many cytokines are very useful therapeutic targets in disease.

Marc Feldmann

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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
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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

56 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Circulating levels of 8 cytokines and marine n-3 fatty acids and indices of obesity in Japanese, white, and Japanese American middle-aged men.Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research · 2010
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  3. Phase 1 trial of adalimumab in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS): II. Report of the FONT (Novel Therapies for Resistant FSGS) study group.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2010
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  8. Serum cytokines in periodontal diseases.Periodontology 2000 · 2025
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  14. Emerging Anti-Atherosclerotic Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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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.

Marc FeldmannKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK. m.feldmann@imperial.ac.uk

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytokines are a large family of more than 100 small proteins that function as short-range mediators involved in essentially all biological processes. They have been found to be important rate-limiting signals, and it is now known that blocking some cytokines, e.g., TNF-alpha, and cytokine receptors, such as human EGFR 1 (HER1) or HER2, yields effective therapeutics that address unmet needs. This Review Series surveys three chronic inflammatory disease areas and two forms of cancer and discusses the important role of cytokines and their receptors in these disease processes. Their role as potential therapeutic targets is also highlighted.

Indexed as

CytokinesForecastingHumansImmunologic FactorsInflammationNeoplasmsReceptors, CytokineCytokinesImmunologic FactorsReceptors, Cytokine

Identifiers

PMID18982159
PMCPMC2575703

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