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ReviewCell death & disease2014

Revisiting caspases in sepsis.

M Aziz, A Jacob, P Wang

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Review in Cell death & disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 122 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M Aziz1] Center for Translational Research, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA [2] Department of Surgery, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, USA.
A Jacob1] Center for Translational Research, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA [2] Department of Surgery, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, USA.
P Wang1] Center for Translational Research, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA [2] Department of Surgery, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY, USA.
Hofstra University · USFeinstein Institute for Medical Research · US

Funding

SEPSIS--MEDIATORS AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSESR01GM057468 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI WANG, PING · 1998 to 2015
$3.8M
Modulation of Hepatocellular Function in SepsisR01GM053008 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI WANG, PING · 2001 to 2015
$3.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM 053008NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM053008NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM 057468
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis is a life-threatening illness that occurs due to an abnormal host immune network which extends through the initial widespread and overwhelming inflammation, and culminates at the late stage of immunosupression. Recently, interest has been shifted toward therapies aimed at reversing the accompanying periods of immune suppression. Studies in experimental animals and critically ill patients have demonstrated that increased apoptosis of lymphoid organs and some parenchymal tissues contributes to this immune suppression, anergy and organ dysfunction. Immediate to the discoveries of the intracellular proteases, caspases for the induction of apoptosis and inflammation, and their striking roles in sepsis have been focused elaborately in a number of original and review articles. Here we revisited the different aspects of caspases in terms of apoptosis, pyroptosis, necroptosis and inflammation and focused their links in sepsis by reviewing several recent findings. In addition, we have documented striking perspectives which not only rewrite the pathophysiology, but also modernize our understanding for developing novel therapeutics against sepsis.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsApoptosisCaspasesCytokinesGene Expression RegulationHumansImmunologic FactorsInflammasomesMiceSepsisSignal TransductionTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and ProteinsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCaspasesCytokinesImmunologic FactorsInflammasomesTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and Proteins

Identifiers

PMID25412304
PMCPMC4260746
OpenAlexW2048204476

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