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ReviewImmunologic research2012

Cross-roads in the lung: immune cells and tissue interactions as determinants of allergic asthma.

Lakshmi Ramakrishna, Victor Christoff de Vries, Maria Alicia Curotto de Lafaille

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Review in Immunologic research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Role of Polyamines in Asthma Pathophysiology.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
    Review
  3. RGS4 Overexpression in Lung Attenuates Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mice.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2018
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. An update on paediatric asthma.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2012
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lakshmi RamakrishnaSingapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 8A Biomedical Grove, #4-06 Immunos, Singapore.
Victor Christoff de Vries
Maria Alicia Curotto de Lafaille
Agency for Science, Technology and Research · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergic asthma is a chronic disease of the lung characterized by underlying Th2- and IgE-mediated inflammation, structural alterations of the bronchial wall, and airway hyperresponsiveness. Initial allergic sensitization and later development of chronic disease are determined by close interactions between lung structural cells and the resident and migratory immune cells in the lung. Epithelial cells play a crucial role in allergic sensitization by directly influencing dendritic cells induction of tolerant or effector T cells and production of type 2 cytokines by innate immune cells. During chronic disease, the bronchial epithelium, stroma, and smooth muscle become structurally and functionally altered, contributing to the perpetuation of tissue remodeling. Thus, targeting tissue-driven pathology in addition to inflammation may increase the effectiveness of asthma treatment.

Indexed as

Airway RemodelingAnimalsAsthmaCell CommunicationDendritic CellsEpithelial CellsHumansImmune ToleranceImmunity, CellularLungLymphocyte ActivationTh2 Cells

Identifiers

PMID22447350
OpenAlexW2044798779

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