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ReviewImmunological reviews2018

Overview of the IL-1 family in innate inflammation and acquired immunity.

Charles A Dinarello

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03671746 (Inflammatory Response to Trauma - Does Early Cytokine Modulation Improve Patient Outcome), which is not on this map. Cited by 1,144 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1,144citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
37.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03671746 phase1completednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Inflammatory Response to Trauma - Does Early Cytokine Modulation Improve Patient Outcome

TypeinterventionalSponsorArun AnejaRan2019 to 2023Enrolled70ConditionsPolytraumaArmsKetorolac, Saline Solution
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1,144 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,770 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Charles A DinarelloDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA.
Radboud University Medical Center · NL

Funding

Yeast-based HTS Assay Technologies for ProteasesR01AI015614 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI DINARELLO, CHARLES ANTHONY · 1985 to 2025
$8.5M
Pathogenesis of Fever in ManR56AI015614 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI DINARELLO, CHARLES ANTHONY · 2016 to 2016
$311k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI015614NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI015614
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interleukin-1 (IL-1) family of cytokines and receptors is unique in immunology because the IL-1 family and Toll-like receptor (TLR) families share similar functions. More than any other cytokine family, the IL-1 family is primarily associated with innate immunity. More than 95% of living organisms use innate immune mechanisms for survival whereas less than 5% depend on T- and B-cell functions. Innate immunity is manifested by inflammation, which can function as a mechanism of host defense but when uncontrolled is detrimental to survival. Each member of the IL-1 receptor and TLR family contains the cytoplasmic Toll-IL-1-Receptor (TIR) domain. The 50 amino acid TIR domains are highly homologous with the Toll protein in Drosophila. The TIR domain is nearly the same and present in each TLR and each IL-1 receptor family. Whereas IL-1 family cytokine members trigger innate inflammation via IL-1 family of receptors, TLRs trigger inflammation via bacteria, microbial products, viruses, nucleic acids, and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). In fact, IL-1 family member IL-1a and IL-33 also function as DAMPs. Although the inflammatory properties of the IL-1 family dominate in innate immunity, IL-1 family member can play a role in acquired immunity. This overview is a condensed update of the IL-1 family of cytokines and receptors.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsDrosophilaHumansInflammationInterleukin-1Interleukin-33Receptors, Interleukin-1Toll-Like ReceptorsInterleukin-1Interleukin-33Receptors, Interleukin-1Toll-Like Receptorsacquired immunitycytokineshost defenseimmunityinflammationinnate immunity

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PMID29247995
PMCPMC5756628
OpenAlexW2771968994

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