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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2017

Regulatory T Cells Suppress Inflammation and Blistering in Pemphigoid Diseases.

Katja Bieber, Shijie Sun, Mareike Witte, Anika Kasprick, Foteini Beltsiou, Martina Behnen, Tamás Laskay, Franziska S Schulze, Elena Pipi, Niklas Reichhelm and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Bullous pemphigoid.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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  12. [Pemphigus: current and future treatment strategies].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022
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  13. Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2022
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  19. Sishen Pill Treatment of DSS-Induced ColitisFrontiers in physiology · 2020
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  20. Resolution in bullous pemphigoid.Seminars in immunopathology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katja BieberLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Shijie SunLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Mareike WitteDepartment of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Anika KasprickLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Foteini BeltsiouLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Martina BehnenDepartment for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Tamás LaskayDepartment for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Franziska S SchulzeLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Elena PipiLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Niklas ReichhelmLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
René PagelInstitute of Anatomy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Detlef ZillikensDepartment of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Enno SchmidtLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Tim SparwasserInstitute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, A Joint Venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and the Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Kathrin KaliesInstitute of Anatomy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Ralf J LudwigLübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
University of Lübeck · DECenter for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are well known for their modulatory functions in adaptive immunity. Through regulation of T cell functions, Tregs have also been demonstrated to indirectly curb myeloid cell-driven inflammation. However, direct effects of Tregs on myeloid cell functions are insufficiently characterized, especially in the context of myeloid cell-mediated diseases, such as pemphigoid diseases (PDs). PDs are caused by autoantibodies targeting structural proteins of the skin. Autoantibody binding triggers myeloid cell activation through specific activation of Fc gamma receptors, leading to skin inflammation and subepidermal blistering. Here, we used mouse models to address the potential contribution of Tregs to PD pathogenesis

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autoimmunityneutrophil activationpemphigoid diseaseregulatory T cellsskinTh1Th2

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