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ArticleJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology2017

A Role for Soluble IL-6 Receptor in Osteoarthritis.

Graham Akeson, Charles J Malemud

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Article in Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43citing 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Graham AkesonDepartment of Medicine, Division of Rheumatic Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Charles J MalemudDepartment of Medicine, Division of Rheumatic Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Cornell University · USUniversity School · US

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE AND HYBRIDOMA MODULEP30EY011373 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Irina A Pikuleva · 1997 to 2026
$17.7M
PREVENTION OF CARTILAGE DEGRADATION BY GREEN TEAR01AR048782 · NIAMS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI HAQQI, TARIQ M · 2002 to 2006
$1.4M
Induction Of Apoptosis in Osteosarcoma By Green TeaR21AT002258 · NCCIH · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI HAQQI, TARIQ M · 2004 to 2005
$446k
NCCIH NIH HHS R21 AT002258NEI NIH HHS P30 EY011373NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR048782
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is one of several pro-inflammatory cytokines present at elevated levels in the synovial fluid of individuals with confirmed clinical diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). The mechanism of action of IL-6 was shown to involve its capacity to interact with a membrane-bound IL-6 receptor (mIL-6Rα), also known as the "classical" IL-6 pathway, or through its interaction with a soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R) termed the "

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a disintegrin and metalloproteinasecytokinesinflammationinterleukin-6interleukin-6 receptorosteoarthritissignal transduction

Identifiers

PMID29276788
PMCPMC5739325
OpenAlexW2741622452

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