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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2014

Expert panel workshop consensus statement on the role of the environment in the development of autoimmune disease.

Christine G Parks, Frederick W Miller, Kenneth Michael Pollard, Carlo Selmi, Dori Germolec, Kelly Joyce, Noel R Rose, Michael C Humble

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Exposure to Environmental Toxins & Autoimmune Conditions.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2024
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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

8 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Christine G ParksEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. parks1@niehs.nih.gov.
Frederick W MillerEnvironmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. millerf@mail.nih.gov.
Kenneth Michael PollardDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. mpollard@scripps.edu.
Carlo SelmiDivision of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. carlo.selmi@unimi.it.
Dori GermolecNational Toxicology Program, NIEHS, NIH, Morrisville, NC 27560, USA. germolec@niehs.nih.gov.
Kelly JoyceDepartment of History and Politics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. kaj68@drexel.edu.
Noel R RoseJohn Hopkins Center for Autoimmune Disease Research, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. nrose2@jhu.edu.
Michael C HumbleDivision of Extramural Research and Training, NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. humble@niehs.nih.gov.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USDrexel University · USHumanitas University · ITJohns Hopkins University · USNational Institutes of Health · USScripps Research Institute · USTriangle · US

Funding

Environmental/genetic Risk Factors and Pathogenesis of Autoimmune DiseaseZIAES101074 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RIDER, LISA · 2009 to 2025
$34.6M
Environmental Exposures And Risk For Cancer and Chronic Diseases In AdultsZ01ES049028 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SANDLER, DALE P · 1997 to 2008
$284k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES049028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune diseases include 80 or more complex disorders characterized by self-reactive, pathologic immune responses in which genetic susceptibility is largely insufficient to determine disease onset. In September 2010, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) organized an expert panel workshop to evaluate the role of environmental factors in autoimmune diseases, and the state of the science regarding relevant mechanisms, animal models, and human studies. The objective of the workshop was to analyze the existing data to identify conclusions that could be drawn regarding environmental exposures and autoimmunity and to identify critical knowledge gaps and areas of uncertainty for future study. This consensus document summarizes key findings from published workshop monographs on areas in which "confident" and "likely" assessments were made, with recommendations for further research. Transcribed notes and slides were reviewed to synthesize an overview on exposure assessment and questions addressed by interdisciplinary panels. Critical advances in the field of autoimmune disease research have been made in the past decade. Collaborative translational and interdisciplinary research is needed to elucidate the role of environmental factors in autoimmune diseases. A focus on exposure assessment methodology is needed to improve the effectiveness of human studies, and more experimental studies are needed to focus on causal mechanisms underlying observed associations of environmental factors with autoimmune disease in humans.

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesEnvironmental ExposureHumans

Identifiers

PMID25196523
PMCPMC4159850
OpenAlexW2045607469

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