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ReviewNature immunology2011

The immune system in atherosclerosis.

Göran K Hansson, Andreas Hermansson

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Review in Nature immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02428374 (Role of Innate and Adaptive Immunity After Acute Myocardial Infarction BATTLE-AMI Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 1,111 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1,111citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
70.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT02428374 phase4unknown statusstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

Role of Innate and Adaptive Immunity After Acute Myocardial Infarction BATTLE-AMI Study (B And T Types of Lymphocytes Evaluation in Acute Myocardial Infarction)

Ran2015Enrolled300Registered outcomes30Posted comparisons0ConditionsMyocardial FibrosisArmsRosuvastatin plus clopidogrel, Rosuvastatin plus ticagrelor, Simvastatin plus clopidogrel, Simvastatin plus ticagrelor
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1,111 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2,260 citations in OpenAlex.

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1,051 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Göran K HanssonCenter for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Andreas Hermansson
Karolinska University Hospital · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of mortality worldwide, is caused mainly by atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease of blood vessels. Lesions of atherosclerosis contain macrophages, T cells and other cells of the immune response, together with cholesterol that infiltrates from the blood. Targeted deletion of genes encoding costimulatory factors and proinflammatory cytokines results in less disease in mouse models, whereas interference with regulatory immunity accelerates it. Innate as well as adaptive immune responses have been identified in atherosclerosis, with components of cholesterol-carrying low-density lipoprotein triggering inflammation, T cell activation and antibody production during the course of disease. Studies are now under way to develop new therapies based on these concepts of the involvement of the immune system in atherosclerosis.

Indexed as

Immune SystemAnimalsAtherosclerosisHumansLipoproteins, LDLMiceLipoproteins, LDL

Identifiers

PMID21321594
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