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ReviewInternational immunology2016

Therapeutic potential of regulatory cytokines that target B cells.

Keishi Fujio, Tomohisa Okamura, Shuji Sumitomo, Kazuhiko Yamamoto

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Review in International immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Keishi FujioDepartment of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan kfujio-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Tomohisa OkamuraDepartment of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan Max Planck-The University of Tokyo Center for Integrative Inflammology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Shuji SumitomoDepartment of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Kazuhiko YamamotoDepartment of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan Max Planck-The University of Tokyo Center for Integrative Inflammology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
The University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoreactive B cells play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases by producing auto-antibodies and presenting antigens. Regulatory cytokines that simultaneously suppress multiple pathways have the potential to control autoreactive B cells. The generally inhibitory cytokine IL-10 may have a stimulatory effect on human B-cell survival and antibody production. TGF-β family cytokines can decrease or increase antibody production and can suppress B-cell proliferation and differentiation. In contrast to TGF-β1, which induces extensive fibrosis, TGF-β3 and bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP-6)/BMP-7 induce non-scarring wound healing and counteract tissue fibrosis. Therefore, TGF-β3 and BMP-6/BMP-7 may be clinically applicable as therapeutic cytokines that target B cells. Recent progress in protein engineering may enable us to generate novel biologic therapies based on TGF-β family cytokines.

Indexed as

AnimalsB-LymphocytesBone Morphogenetic ProteinsCell DifferentiationCytokinesHumansImmunity, HumoralImmunologic FactorsImmunomodulationLymphocyte ActivationSignal TransductionSmad1 ProteinSmad5 ProteinT-Lymphocyte SubsetsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsCytokinesImmunologic FactorsSmad1 ProteinSmad5 ProteinB cellBMPregulatory T cellTGF-beta

Identifiers

PMID26647406
PMCPMC4889880
OpenAlexW2209567334

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