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ReviewNature reviews. Nephrology2017

B cells in type 1 diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease.

Mia J Smith, Kimber M Simmons, John C Cambier

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Review in Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
98citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

98 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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38 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.

Mia J SmithDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12800 E 19th Avenue, RC1 North, P18-8100, Aurora, Colorado 80045-2537, USA.
Kimber M SimmonsBarbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1775 Aurora Court, Aurora, Colorado 80045-2537, USA.
John C CambierDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12800 E 19th Avenue, RC1 North, P18-8100, Aurora, Colorado 80045-2537, USA.
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Autoimmunity risk alleles compromising B cell anergyR01AI124487 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI CAMBIER, JOHN C · 2016 to 2020
$2.5M
Insulin Specific T and B cells in Type 1 DiabetesDP3DK110845 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI CAMBIER, JOHN C, MICHELS, AARON W · 2016 to 2016
$1.7M
B Cells and Type 1 DiabetesR01DK096492 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI CAMBIER, JOHN C · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
Veterinary Pre-Doctoral Research Scholars ProgramT32OD012201 · OD · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI VANDEWOUDE, SUE · 2013 to 2019
$795k
Genetic risk alleles as drivers of loss of anergic B cells in autoimmunityF30OD021477 · OD · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SMITH, MIA · 2016 to 2017
$79k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124487NIDDK NIH HHS DP3 DK110845NIDDK NIH HHS L30 DK110925NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK096492NIH HHS F30 OD021477NIH HHS T32 OD012201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disorder that affects an estimated 30 million people worldwide. It is characterized by the destruction of pancreatic β cells by the immune system, which leads to lifelong dependency on exogenous insulin and imposes an enormous burden on patients and health-care resources. T1DM is also associated with an increased risk of comorbidities, such as cardiovascular disease, retinopathy, and diabetic kidney disease (DKD), further contributing to the burden of this disease. Although T cells are largely considered to be responsible for β-cell destruction in T1DM, increasing evidence points towards a role for B cells in disease pathogenesis. B cell-depletion, for example, delays disease progression in patients with newly diagnosed T1DM. Loss of tolerance of islet antigen-reactive B cells occurs early in disease and numbers of pancreatic CD20

Indexed as

AutoimmunityB-LymphocytesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetic NephropathiesHumansInsulin-Secreting Cells

Identifiers

PMID29038537
PMCPMC6733025
OpenAlexW2765466771

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