Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22196521›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2012

Effects of air pollutants on innate immunity: the role of Toll-like receptors and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptors.

Rebecca N Bauer, David Diaz-Sanchez, Ilona Jaspers

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Review in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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88citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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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

88 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 208 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rebecca N BauerCurriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
David Diaz-Sanchez
Ilona Jaspers
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USEnvironmental Protection Agency · US

Funding

TOXICOLOGYT32ES007126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ILONA JASPERS, Bernard E. Weissman · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
Diesel-Induced Alterations of Influenza InfectivityR01ES013611 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI JASPERS, ILONA, NOAH, TERRY L · 2005 to 2014
$3.7M
Cigarette Smoke and Susceptibility to Influenza InfectionR01HL095163 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI JASPERS, ILONA, NOAH, TERRY L · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL095163NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES013611NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interactions between exposure to ambient air pollutants and respiratory pathogens have been shown to modify respiratory immune responses. Emerging data suggest key roles for Toll-like receptor (TLR) and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NLR) signaling in pathogen-induced immune responses. Similarly, immune responses elicited by exposure to air pollutants are mediated by specific TLR- and NLR-dependent mechanisms. This review article will summarize current knowledge about how air pollutants modify TLR- and NLR-dependent signaling and host defense responses in the lung.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateInflammasomesNod Signaling Adaptor ProteinsReceptors, Pattern RecognitionRespiratory Tract InfectionsSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsAir PollutantsInflammasomesNod Signaling Adaptor ProteinsReceptors, Pattern RecognitionToll-Like Receptors

Identifiers

PMID22196521
PMCPMC4341993
OpenAlexW2015969846

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.