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ArticleNature reviews. Immunology2014

Regulated cell death and inflammation: an auto-amplification loop causes organ failure.

Andreas Linkermann, Brent R Stockwell, Stefan Krautwald, Hans-Joachim Anders

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Article in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 301 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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301citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

301 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 511 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andreas LinkermannClinic for Nephrology and Hypertension, Christian-Albrechts-University, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
Brent R StockwellDepartment of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, 10027 New York, USA.
Stefan KrautwaldClinic for Nephrology and Hypertension, Christian-Albrechts-University, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
Hans-Joachim AndersMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, 80336 München, Germany.
Kiel University · DELMU Klinikum · DE

Funding

Chemical Genetic Profiling of Engineered Tumor CellsR01CA097061 · NCI · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI STOCKWELL, BRENT R. · 2002 to 2016
$4.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA097061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulated cell death (RCD) is either immunologically silent or immunogenic. RCD in parenchymal cells may lead to the release of damage- associated molecular patterns that drive both tissue inflammation and the activation of further pathways of RCD. Following an initial event of regulated necrosis, RCD and inflammation can induce each other and drive a local auto-amplification loop that leads to exaggerated cell death and inflammation. In this Opinion article, we propose that such crosstalk between pro-inflammatory and RCD pathways has pathophysiological relevance in solid organ failure, transplantation and cancer. In our opinion, clinicians should not only prescribe immunosuppressive treatments to disrupt this circuit, but also implement the neglected therapeutic option of adding compounds that interfere with RCD.

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AnimalsApoptosisHumansImmunosuppression TherapyImmunosuppressive AgentsImmunotherapyInflammationMiceMitochondriaMultiple Organ FailureNecrosisNeoplasmsImmunosuppressive Agents

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PMID25324125
OpenAlexW2062110054

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