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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2017

Drugs for Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases: From Small Molecule Compounds to Anti-TNF Biologics.

Ping Li, Ying Zheng, Xin Chen

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 182 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
182citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
20.1field-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

182 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 337 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Cardiovascular events risk in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases: a prognostic systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2024
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  6. Phase 1 study of balinatunfib, an oral inhibitor of TNFR1 signal in mild-to-moderate psoriasis.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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122 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Ping LiState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Ying ZhengState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Xin ChenState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
University of Macau · MO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although initially described as an anti-tumor mediator, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) is generally considered as the master pro-inflammatory cytokine. It plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory bowel disease, ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and psoriasis. Consequently, anti-TNF therapy has become mainstay treatment for autoimmune diseases. Historically, anti-inflammatory agents were developed before the identification of TNF. Salicylates, the active components of

Indexed as

anti-TNF biologicsautoimmune inflammatory diseasesnon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)TNF receptortumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF)

Identifiers

PMID28785220
PMCPMC5506195
OpenAlexW2734398306

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