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ReviewAutoimmunity reviews2017

TLRs, future potential therapeutic targets for RA.

Hatem A Elshabrawy, Abdul E Essani, Zoltán Szekanecz, David A Fox, Shiva Shahrara

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Review in Autoimmunity reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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82citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hatem A ElshabrawyDivision of Rheumatology, Jesse Brown VA, Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Abdul E EssaniDivision of Rheumatology, Jesse Brown VA, Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Zoltán SzekaneczDepartment of Rheumatology, Institute of Medicine, University of Debrecen Faculty of Medicine, Nagyerdei Str 98, Debrecen H-4004, Hungary.
David A FoxDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Shiva ShahraraDivision of Rheumatology, Jesse Brown VA, Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Electronic address: shahrara@uic.edu.
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center · USUniversity of Debrecen · HUUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

University of Michigan Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, Clinical Research ProgrUM1AI110557 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FOX, DAVID ALAN · 2014 to 2018
$543k
Development of small molecule TLR5 inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis therapyR43AG057312 · NIA · MICROBIOTIX, INC · PI ARON, ZACHARY DAVID, SHAHRARA, SHIVA · 2017 to 2018
$433k
Identifying a novel link between two potent proangiogenic cascades in RAR03AR065778 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SHAHRARA, SHIVA · 2014 to 2016
$239k
The Role of IL-17 in Monocyte MigrationR03AR056099 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SHAHRARA, SHIVA · 2009 to 2011
$229k
Ligation of TLR7 promotes joint inflammation and bone loss in RA.I01BX002286 · VA · JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHAHRARA, SHIVA · 2015 to 2023
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BLRD VA I01 BX002286NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI110557NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR056099NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR065778NIA NIH HHS R43 AG057312
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll like receptors (TLR)s have a central role in regulating innate immunity and in the last decade studies have begun to reveal their significance in potentiating autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Earlier investigations have highlighted the importance of TLR2 and TLR4 function in RA pathogenesis. In this review, we discuss the newer data that indicate roles for TLR5 and TLR7 in RA and its preclinical models. We evaluate the pathogenicity of TLRs in RA myeloid cells, synovial tissue fibroblasts, T cells, osteoclast progenitor cells and endothelial cells. These observations establish that ligation of TLRs can transform RA myeloid cells into M1 macrophages and that the inflammatory factors secreted from M1 and RA synovial tissue fibroblasts participate in TH-17 cell development. From the investigations conducted in RA preclinical models, we conclude that TLR-mediated inflammation can result in osteoclastic bone erosion by interconnecting the myeloid and TH-17 cell response to joint vascularization. In light of emerging unique aspects of TLR function, we summarize the novel approaches that are being tested to impair TLR activation in RA patients.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidHumansInflammation MediatorsMacrophagesTh17 CellsToll-Like ReceptorsInflammation MediatorsToll-Like ReceptorsBone erosionInflammationM1 macrophagesRheumatoid arthritis (RA)TH-17 cellsToll like receptors (TLR)s

Identifiers

PMID27988432
PMCPMC5290220
OpenAlexW2566283148

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