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ReviewEndocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets2011

The role of eosinophils in non-parasitic infections.

Stefanie N Linch, Jeffrey A Gold

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Review in Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Novel targeted therapies for eosinophil-associated diseases and allergy.Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology · 2015
    Review
  5. Eosinophils in infection and intestinal immunity.Current opinion in gastroenterology · 2013
    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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stefanie N LinchDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Jeffrey A Gold
Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates · US

Funding

Role of Macrophage Costimulatory Molecules in Polymicrobial SepsisR01AI067522 · NIAID · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI GOLD, JEFFREY A. · 2007 to 2011
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067522
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophils are a subset of leukocytes traditionally associated with Th2-related diseases and helminth infections. However, accumulating evidence suggests eosinophils play a more prominent role in the immune response to bacterial and viral pathogens than previously realized. Specifically, eosinophils possess antimicrobial properties against a broad range of pathogens, and release specific and secondary granules as a result of pathogen recognition. Pathogen recognition is accomplished through expression of Toll-like receptors, as well as other surface and intracellular receptors expressed by the eosinophil. Interestingly, specific killing mechanisms employed by each granule protein differ based on pathogen recognition, but ultimately release of eosinophil granules leads to direct killing of many different pathogens. The precise mechanisms of killing by granule proteins and the circumstances in which specific proteins are secreted are only now being determined. Future efforts to understand these mechanisms may lead toward clinical use of granule proteins as antimicrobial agents in humans, in addition to revealing implications regarding the use of eosinophil-depleting therapies for allergic disorders. This review will summarize the literature to date regarding the role of eosinophils in non-parasitic infections.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntigen PresentationCytokinesEosinophilsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInfectionsModels, BiologicalParasitic DiseasesSignal TransductionAnti-Bacterial AgentsCytokines

Identifiers

PMID21506925
PMCPMC5962354
OpenAlexW2093358071

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