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ReviewJournal of innate immunity2009

Role of intestinal mucins in innate host defense mechanisms against pathogens.

Poonam Dharmani, Vikas Srivastava, Vanessa Kissoon-Singh, Kris Chadee

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Review in Journal of innate immunity, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

141 citing papers in PubMed, 319 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Poonam DharmaniGastrointestinal Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada.
Vikas Srivastava
Vanessa Kissoon-Singh
Kris Chadee
University of Calgary · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal mucins produced by goblet cells comprise the main structural components of the mucus layer. Mucins play a critical role in the maintenance of mucosal homeostasis and are responsible for the differential effector and regulatory responses against a plethora of microorganisms, including commensals and pathogens. In this review, we present a comprehensive overview on mucin biology, its properties, classification and gene assembly. We also consider the structure of the mucin gene, its proteins and its role in innate host defenses. We compare the various mucin secretagogues and the differential regulatory pathways involved in mucin biosynthesis and secretion during normal and diverse pathogenic conditions. Finally, we summarize the putative uncharted aspects of mucin-derived innate host defenses, whose exploration will help drug developers to identify factors that can strengthen mucosal integrity and will facilitate basic science research into curative treatments for gastrointestinal diseases.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsImmunity, InnateAnimalsGoblet CellsHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesIntestinal DiseasesIntestinal MucosaMucinsMucins

Identifiers

PMID20375571
PMCPMC7312850
OpenAlexW1993799354

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