Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23806201›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2013

Impact of aging on antigen presentation cell function of dendritic cells.

Christine Wong, Daniel R Goldstein

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 137 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Christine WongDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, USA; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, USA.
Daniel R Goldstein
Yale University · US

Funding

Mechanisms to augment primary immunity in agingR01AG028082 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DENG, JANE C · 2007 to 2023
$6.9M
Aging, Viral Immunity and AtherosclerosisK02AG033049 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI GOLDSTEIN, DANIEL ROBERT · 2008 to 2012
$737k
NIA NIH HHS AG028082NIA NIH HHS AG033049NIA NIH HHS K02 AG033049NIA NIH HHS R01 AG028082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Older people exhibit increased mortality to infections and cancer as compared to younger people, indicating that aging impairs immunity. Dendritic cells (DCs) are key for bridging the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system by priming antigen specific T cells. Discerning how aging impacts DC function to initiate adaptive immune responses is of great biomedical importance as this could lead to the development of novel therapeutics to enhance immunity with aging. This review details reports indicating that aging impairs the antigen presenting function of DCs but highlights other studies indicating preserved DC function with aging. How aging impacts antigen presentation by DCs is complex and without a clear unifying biological underpinning.

Indexed as

AgingAntigen PresentationAnimalsCell DifferentiationDendritic CellsHumansInflammationT-Lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID23806201
PMCPMC3775944
OpenAlexW1976820629

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