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ReviewImmunological reviews2016

The "ins and outs" of complement-driven immune responses.

Simon Freeley, Claudia Kemper, Gaëlle Le Friec

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

75 citing papers in PubMed, 158 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Exploring the intersection of atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease: the role of inflammation and complement activation.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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15 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Simon FreeleyDivision of Transplant Immunology and Mucosal Biology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
Claudia KemperDivision of Transplant Immunology and Mucosal Biology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK. claudia.kemper@kcl.ac.uk.
Gaëlle Le FriecDivision of Transplant Immunology and Mucosal Biology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
King's College London · GBGuy's Hospital · GB

Funding

The role of the intracellular complement system - the complosome - in Th1 biologyZIAHL006223 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI KEMPER, CLAUDIA · 2017 to 2025
$16.9M
The role of the intracellular complement system - the complosome - in monocytesZIAHL006222 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI KEMPER, CLAUDIA · 2017 to 2025
$3.2M
Department of HealthIntramural NIH HHS Z99 HL999999Medical Research Council MR/J006742/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 102932/Z/13/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complement system represents an evolutionary old and critical component of innate immunity where it forms the first line of defense against invading pathogens. Originally described as a heat-labile fraction of the serum responsible for the opsonization and subsequent lytic killing of bacteria, work over the last century firmly established complement as a key mediator of the general inflammatory response but also as an acknowledged vital bridge between innate and adaptive immunity. However, recent studies particularly spanning the last decade have provided new insights into the novel modes and locations of complement activation and highlighted unexpected additional biological functions for this ancient system, for example, in regulating basic processes of the cell. In this review, we will cover the current knowledge about complement's established and novel roles in innate and adaptive immunity with a focus on the functional differences between serum circulating and intracellularly active complement and will describe and discuss the newly discovered cross-talks of complement with other cell effector systems particularly during T-cell induction and contraction.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityImmunity, InnateAnimalsBiological EvolutionBlood ProteinsComplement ActivationComplement System ProteinsHomeostasisHumansInflammationLymphocyte ActivationT-LymphocytesBlood ProteinsComplement System Proteinsadaptive immunitycell metabolismcomplementcomplosomeinflammasomesT cells

Identifiers

PMID27782335
PMCPMC5102160
OpenAlexW2542104646

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