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ReviewArchivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis2010

Iron and immunity: immunological consequences of iron deficiency and overload.

Bobby J Cherayil

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Review in Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 168 citations in OpenAlex.

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18 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bobby J CherayilDepartment of Pediatrics, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Building 114, 16th Street, Charlestown, Boston, MA 02129, USA. cherayil@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Harvard University · US

Funding

ROLE OF DIETARY CONSTITUENTS ON GENE EXPRESSION IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIUMP30DK040561 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHRISTOPHER P DUGGAN · 1994 to 2026
$31.6M
Cross-talk between iron metabolism and intestinal inflammationR56AI089700 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHERAYIL, BOBBY JOSEPH · 2010 to 2010
$436k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI089700NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK040561
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The influence of iron on immune function has been long appreciated. However, the molecular basis for this interaction is less well understood. Recently, there have been several important advances that have shed light on the mechanisms that regulate mammalian iron metabolism. The new insights provide a conceptual framework for understanding and manipulating the cross-talk between iron homeostasis and the immune system. This article will review what is currently known about how disturbances of iron metabolism can affect immunity and how activation of the immune system can lead to alterations in iron balance.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityImmunity, InnateIron DeficienciesAnimalsHomeostasisHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsIronIron OverloadSignal TransductionInflammation MediatorsIron

Identifiers

PMID20878249
PMCPMC3173740
OpenAlexW2000542026

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