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ReviewJournal of clinical immunology2009

TLR4 polymorphisms and ageing: implications for the pathophysiology of age-related diseases.

Carmela Rita Balistreri, Giuseppina Colonna-Romano, Domenico Lio, Giuseppina Candore, Calogero Caruso

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Review in Journal of clinical immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carmela Rita BalistreriGruppo di Studio sull'Immunosenescenza, Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Metodologie Biomediche dell'Università di Palermo, Corso Tukory, Palermo, Italy. crbalistreri@unipa.it
Giuseppina Colonna-Romano
Domenico Lio
Giuseppina Candore
Calogero Caruso
University of Palermo · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionInnate immunity provides a first line of host defense against infection by recognizing and killing microbes while simultaneously activating an instructive immune response. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are principal mediators of rapid microbial recognition and function mainly by detection of pathogen-associated molecular patterns that do not exist in the host. Recognition of their ligands leads to a series of signaling events resulting in acute host responses, involved in killing pathogens. DISCUSSION: We describe the involvement of TLR4 polymorphisms in ageing, and in particular in age-related diseases, suggesting the crucial role of molecules of innate immunity in pathophysiology of these diseases. Hence, we observed that pro-inflammatory alleles may be related to unsuccessful ageing, such as Alzheimer's disease, prostate cancer, and atherosclerosis; in contrast, the control of inflammation by anti-inflammatory alleles may result in increased longevity and successful ageing. Finally, a possible therapeutic approach to delay age-related diseases is outlined.

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AgingAllelesAlzheimer DiseaseCardiovascular DiseasesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansImmunity, InnateLongevityMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideProstatic NeoplasmsToll-Like Receptor 4Toll-Like Receptor 4

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PMID19459036
OpenAlexW1986266598

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