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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2010

The origins of vertebrate adaptive immunity.

Gary W Litman, Jonathan P Rast, Sebastian D Fugmann

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 147 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
147citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.9field-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

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

147 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 373 citations in OpenAlex.

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87 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gary W LitmanDepartment of Molecular Genetics, All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA. litmang@allkids.org
Jonathan P Rast
Sebastian D Fugmann
Johns Hopkins University · USNational Institute on Aging · USSunnybrook Health Science Centre · CA

Funding

EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF IMMUNE-TYPE GENESR01AI023338 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI LITMAN, GARY WILLIAM · 1985 to 2014
$3.6M
Novel Innate Immune Receptors in ZebrafishR01AI057559 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI LITMAN, GARY WILLIAM · 2005 to 2013
$3.4M
EARLY EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENESR37AI023338 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI LITMAN, GARY W · 1995 to 2003
$1.6M
The role of the recombination activating genes 1 and 2 in sea urchin immunityZIAAG000388 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI SEN, RANJAN · 2009 to 2013
$1.4M
Novel Innate Immune Receptor in ZebrafishR21AI057559 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI LITMAN, GARY WILLIAM · 2004 to 2004
$326k
Evolutionary Origins of Immune-Type GenesR56AI023338 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI LITMAN, GARY WILLIAM · 2009 to 2009
$77k
CIHR MOP74667Intramural NIH HHSNIAID NIH HHS AI23338NIAID NIH HHS AI57559NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI023338NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI057559NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI057559NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI023338NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI023338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adaptive immunity is mediated through numerous genetic and cellular processes that generate favourable somatic variants of antigen-binding receptors under evolutionary selection pressure by pathogens and other factors. Advances in our understanding of immunity in mammals and other model organisms are revealing the underlying basis and complexity of this remarkable system. Although the evolution of adaptive immunity has been thought to occur by the acquisition of novel molecular capabilities, an increasing amount of information from new model systems suggest that co-option and redirection of pre-existing systems are the main source of innovation. We combine evidence from a wide range of organisms to obtain an integrated view of the origins and patterns of divergence in adaptive immunity.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsBiological EvolutionEvolution, MolecularReceptors, AntigenVertebratesReceptors, Antigen

Identifiers

PMID20651744
PMCPMC2919748
OpenAlexW2080475151

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