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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2017

Visualizing the Early Stages of Phagocytosis.

Ali Rashidfarrokhi, Veronica Richina, Fikadu G Tafesse

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A critical signaling role for diacylglycerol in phagocytosis ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Visualization and Quantification of Phagocytosis by Neutrophils.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2020
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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 1 country.

Ali RashidfarrokhiRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard.
Veronica RichinaRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard.
Fikadu G TafesseDepartment of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard; tafesse@ohsu.edu.
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · USOregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mammalian body is equipped with various layers of mechanisms that help to defend itself from pathogen invasions. Professional phagocytes of the immune system - such as neutrophils, dendritic cells, and macrophages - retain the innate ability to detect and clear such invading pathogens through phagocytosis

Indexed as

AnimalsCandida albicansCell LineCell MembraneMacrophagesMiceModels, AnimalNeutrophilsPhagocytesPhagocytosisPhagosomes

Identifiers

PMID28191879
PMCPMC5407653
OpenAlexW2585590175

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Registered trials

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