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ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics2017

Anti-TNFα therapy in inflammatory lung diseases.

Rama Malaviya, Jeffrey D Laskin, Debra L Laskin

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Review in Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
130citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.1field-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

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

130 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 234 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 1 country.

Rama MalaviyaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Jeffrey D LaskinDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Debra L LaskinDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Electronic address: laskin@eohsi.rutgers.edu.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USEnvironmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute · US

Funding

UMDNJ/Rutgers University CounterACT Research Center of ExcellenceU54AR055073 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI LASKIN, JEFFREY D · 2006 to 2024
$71.4M
Translational Research Support CoreP30ES005022 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI PANOS G. GEORGOPOULOS · 1988 to 2026
$47.4M
ACTIVATED MACROPHAGES AND OZONE TOXICITYR01ES004738 · NIEHS · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI Debra L Laskin · 1989 to 2026
$9.0M
NIAMS NIH HHS U54 AR055073NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005022NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES004738
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α have been linked to a number of pulmonary inflammatory diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sarcoidosis, and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). TNFα plays multiple roles in disease pathology by inducing an accumulation of inflammatory cells, stimulating the generation of inflammatory mediators, and causing oxidative and nitrosative stress, airway hyperresponsiveness and tissue remodeling. TNFα-targeting biologics, therefore, present a potentially highly efficacious treatment option. This review summarizes current knowledge on the role of TNFα in pulmonary disease pathologies, with a focus on the therapeutic potential of TNFα-targeting agents in treating inflammatory lung diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsHumansLung DiseasesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAnti-Inflammatory AgentsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaBiologicsInflammationLung injuryPulmonary diseaseTNF

Identifiers

PMID28642115
PMCPMC5693260
OpenAlexW2658967184

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