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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2013

Interferon gamma in leishmaniasis.

Peter E Kima, Lynn Soong

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 105 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peter E KimaDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida , Gainesville, FL , USA.
Lynn Soong
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Cutaneous LeishmaniasisR56AI043003 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI SOONG, LYNN · 2012 to 2012
$306k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI043003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a complex disease that is caused by parasites of the Leishmania genus. Leishmania are further classified into several complexes, each of which can engage in distinct interactions with mammalian hosts resulting in differing disease presentations. It is therefore not unexpected that host immune responses to Leishmania are variable. The induction of interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and response to it in these infections has received considerable attention. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of some of the host responses during Leishmania infections that are regulated by IFN-γ. In addition, studies that explore the nature of parasite-derived molecular mediators that might affect the host response to IFN-γ are also discussed.

Indexed as

chemokines and leishmaniacytokines and leishmaniainterferon gamma and leishmanialeishmania immunologysignal transduction in infection

Identifiers

PMID23801993
PMCPMC3685816
OpenAlexW2137142093

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