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ReviewMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2016

The role of IL-37 in cancer.

Vivi A Ding, Ziwen Zhu, Huaping Xiao, Mark R Wakefield, Qian Bai, Yujiang Fang

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Review in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. The Role of NF-κB in Endometrial Diseases in Humans and Animals: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  15. Interleukin-37 monomer is the active form for reducing innate immunity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Vivi A DingDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, 50312, USA.
Ziwen ZhuDepartment of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA.
Huaping XiaoThe Affiliated Hospital of Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, Hunan, China.
Mark R WakefieldDepartment of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA.
Qian BaiDepartment of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA.
Yujiang FangDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA, 50312, USA. yujiang.fang@dmu.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin 37 (IL-37) is a new member of the IL-1 family which all have a similar β-barrel structure. Since its discovery, IL-37 has been studied extensively in immunological field. It has been established that IL-37 possesses anti-inflammatory characteristics both in innate immune response as well as in acquired immune responses by downregulating pro-inflammatory molecules. This review will discuss the role of IL-37 in immunological processes and neoplastic pathogenesis.

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Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateInterleukin-1NeoplasmsIL37 protein, humanInterleukin-1CancerIL-37Immunity

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