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ReviewInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2011

Molecular immunity to mycobacteria: knowledge from the mutation and phenotype spectrum analysis of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases.

Hui-Qi Qu, Susan P Fisher-Hoch, Joseph B McCormick

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Review in International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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.

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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hui-Qi QuUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Brownsville Campus, 80 Fort Brown, SPH Bldg, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA. Huiqi.Qu@uth.tmc.edu
Susan P Fisher-Hoch
Joseph B McCormick
John Brown University · US

Funding

TU SALUD SI CUENTA: A COMMUNITY BASED MEDIA INTERVENTION FOR MEXICAN AMERICANP20MD000170 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI KELDER, STEVEN HAROLD · 2003 to 2012
$13.1M
NIMHD NIH HHS P20 MD000170NIMHD NIH HHS P20MD000170-019001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding molecular immunity against mycobacterial infection is critical for the development of effective strategies to control tuberculosis (TB), which is a major health issue in the developing world. Host immunogenetic studies represent an indispensable approach to understand the molecular mechanisms against mycobacterial infection. A superb paradigm is the identification of rare mutations causing Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases (MSMD). Mutations in the interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) receptor genes are highly specific (although not exclusive) for mycobacterial infection. Only dominant negative mutations of STAT1 have specific susceptibility to mycobacterial infection. Mutations in the interleukin-12 (IL-12) signaling genes have phenotypes with non-specificity. Current studies highlight a complex molecular network in antimycobacterial immunity, centered on IFN-γ signaling.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseImmunityInterferon-gammaInterferon gamma ReceptorInterleukin-12MutationMycobacteriumMycobacterium InfectionsReceptors, InterferonSignal TransductionSTAT1 Transcription FactorTuberculosisInterferon-gammaInterferon gamma ReceptorInterleukin-12Receptors, InterferonSTAT1 protein, humanSTAT1 Transcription Factor

Identifiers

PMID21330176
PMCPMC3078969
OpenAlexW2130007899

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