Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28987811›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2018

The interferon gene signature is increased in patients with early treatment-naive rheumatoid arthritis and predicts a poorer response to initial therapy.

Faye A H Cooles, Amy E Anderson, Dennis W Lendrem, Julie Norris, Arthur G Pratt, Catharien M U Hilkens, John D Isaacs

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Article in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Role of IFN-α in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Current rheumatology reports · 2024
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  14. Frontiers in genetics · 2024
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Faye A H CoolesInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Electronic address: faye.cooles@newcastle.ac.uk.
Amy E AndersonInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Dennis W LendremInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Julie NorrisInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Arthur G PrattInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Catharien M U HilkensInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
John D IsaacsInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBNIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre · GB

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council G1001518Medical Research Council MR/M003183/1Medical Research Council MR/N026977/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Gene ExpressionArthritis, RheumatoidBiomarkersHumansInterferonsPrognosisSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeBiomarkersInterferons

Identifiers

PMID28987811
PMCPMC5751729
OpenAlexW2763405149

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.