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ReviewCellular & molecular immunology2011

Immunostimulation in the era of the metagenome.

Amy D Proal, Paul J Albert, Greg P Blaney, Inge A Lindseth, Chris Benediktsson, Trevor G Marshall

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Review in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Electrosmog and autoimmune disease.Immunologic research · 2017
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Inflammatory bowel disease: Traditional knowledge holds the seeds for the future.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2015
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Amy D ProalMurdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia. amy.proal@gmail.com
Paul J Albert
Greg P Blaney
Inge A Lindseth
Chris Benediktsson
Trevor G Marshall
Murdoch University · AUAutoimmunity Research Foundation · USCornell University · USSmerteklinikken · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbes are increasingly being implicated in autoimmune disease. This calls for a re-evaluation of how these chronic inflammatory illnesses are routinely treated. The standard of care for autoimmune disease remains the use of medications that slow the immune response, while treatments aimed at eradicating microbes seek the exact opposite-stimulation of the innate immune response. Immunostimulation is complicated by a cascade of sequelae, including exacerbated inflammation, which occurs in response to microbial death. Over the past 8 years, we have collaborated with American and international clinical professionals to research a model-based treatment for inflammatory disease. This intervention, designed to stimulate the innate immune response, has required a reevaluation of disease progression and amelioration. Paramount is the inherent conflict between palliation and microbicidal efficacy. Increased microbicidal activity was experienced as immunopathology-a temporary worsening of symptoms. Further studies are needed, but they will require careful planning to manage this immunopathology.

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesBacteriaDisease ProgressionHumansImmunity, InnateImmunizationInfectionsMetagenomeViruses

Identifiers

PMID21278764
PMCPMC4076734
OpenAlexW2008397900

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Registered trials

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