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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2016

Innate sensing of oxidation-specific epitopes in health and disease.

Christoph J Binder, Nikolina Papac-Milicevic, Joseph L Witztum

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 229 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
229citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
13.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

229 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 381 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 2 countries.

Christoph J BinderDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.2, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Nikolina Papac-MilicevicDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.2, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Joseph L WitztumDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA.
Medical University of Vienna · ATUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

ROLE OF LIPOXYGENASES IN ATHEROGENESIS IN DIABETES MELLITUSP01HL055798 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI HEDRICK, CATHERINE C · 1995 to 2016
$28.4M
Development of a Vaccine Approach to Inhibit AtherosclerosisR01HL086559 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI WITZTUM, JOSEPH L. · 2007 to 2011
$2.0M
Oxidation-specific nanoparticles for imaging atherosclerosisR01HL119828 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TSIMIKAS, SOTIRIOS · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL055798NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL086559NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL119828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ageing, infections and inflammation result in oxidative stress that can irreversibly damage cellular structures. The oxidative damage of lipids in membranes or lipoproteins is one of these deleterious consequences that not only alters lipid function but also leads to the formation of neo-self epitopes - oxidation-specific epitopes (OSEs) - which are present on dying cells and damaged proteins. OSEs represent endogenous damage-associated molecular patterns that are recognized by pattern recognition receptors and the proteins of the innate immune system, and thereby enable the host to sense and remove dangerous biological waste and to maintain homeostasis. If this system is dysfunctional or overwhelmed, the accumulation of OSEs can trigger chronic inflammation and the development of diseases, such as atherosclerosis and age-related macular degeneration. Understanding the molecular components and mechanisms that are involved in this process will help to identify individuals with an increased risk of developing chronic inflammation, and will also help to indicate novel modes of therapeutic intervention.

Indexed as

Disease SusceptibilityHomeostasisImmunity, InnateOxidation-ReductionAnimalsEpitopesHumansImmunity, CellularImmunity, HumoralLipid MetabolismLipid PeroxidationOxidative StressEpitopes

Identifiers

PMID27346802
PMCPMC7097710
OpenAlexW2468517437

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