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ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2015

Genetic basis of autoimmunity.

Alexander Marson, William J Housley, David A Hafler

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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
66citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.1field-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

66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Exposure to Environmental Toxins & Autoimmune Conditions.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2024
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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander Marson
William J Housley
David A Hafler
Yale University · US

Funding

Role of Negative Costimulation in Regulation of AutoimmunityP01AI039671 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI David A. Hafler · 1996 to 2026
$51.7M
TCR recognition of MHC class II peptide compexes in multiple sclerosisP01AI045757 · NIAID · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI WUCHERPFENNIG, KAI W · 1999 to 2017
$22.8M
Research BaseP30DK063720 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KRUMMEL, MATTHEW F · 2003 to 2019
$21.8M
INTERDISCIPLINARY IMMUNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32AI007019 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Carrie L. Lucas, David G. Schatz · 1985 to 2026
$14.4M
Regulatory T Cells in Autoimmune DiseaseU19AI070352 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HAFLER, DAVID A. · 2006 to 2011
$5.9M
Treatment of Autoimmune Disease by Costimulatory Signal*U19AI046130 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KHOURY, SAMIA J. · 1999 to 2007
$5.6M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI039671NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI045757NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007019NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI046130NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI070352NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063720
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune diseases affect up to approximately 10% of the population. While rare Mendelian autoimmunity syndromes can result from monogenic mutations disrupting essential mechanisms of central and peripheral tolerance, more common human autoimmune diseases are complex disorders that arise from the interaction between polygenic risk factors and environmental factors. Although the risk attributable to most individual nucleotide variants is modest, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have the potential to provide an unbiased view of biological pathways that drive human autoimmune diseases. Interpretation of GWAS requires integration of multiple genomic datasets including dense genotyping, cis-regulatory maps of primary immune cells, and genotyped studies of gene expression in relevant cell types and cellular conditions. Improved understanding of the genetic basis of autoimmunity may lead to a more sophisticated understanding of underlying cellular phenotypes and, eventually, novel diagnostics and targeted therapies.

Indexed as

Databases, GeneticGene-Environment InteractionAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesAutoimmunityGene Expression RegulationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumans

Identifiers

PMID26030227
PMCPMC4497748
OpenAlexW1538131965

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