Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25078545›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2014

Genetics of gene expression in immunity to infection.

Benjamin P Fairfax, Julian C Knight

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-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

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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 123 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.

Benjamin P FairfaxWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK. Electronic address: bfairfax@well.ox.ac.uk.
Julian C KnightWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK. Electronic address: julian@well.ox.ac.uk.
Centre for Human Genetics · GB

Funding

European Research Council 281824Medical Research Council 98082Medical Research Council G1001708Wellcome Trust 074318Wellcome Trust 088891Wellcome Trust 090532Wellcome Trust 090532/Z/09/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mapping gene expression as a quantitative trait (eQTL mapping) can reveal local and distant associations with functionally important genetic variation informative for disease. Recent studies are reviewed which have demonstrated that this approach is particularly informative when applied to diverse immune cell populations and situations relevant to infection and immunity. Context-specific eQTL have now been characterised following endotoxin activation, induction with interferons, mycobacteria, and influenza, together with genetic determinants of response to vaccination. The application of genetical genomic approaches offers new opportunities to advance our understanding of gene-environment interactions and fundamental processes in innate and adaptive immunity.

Indexed as

Gene ExpressionChromosome MappingCommunicable DiseasesHumansMycobacterium tuberculosisQuantitative Trait LociVaccination

Identifiers

PMID25078545
PMCPMC4426291
OpenAlexW1977679952

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