Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29299029›Full record

ReviewJournal of inflammation (London, England)2017

Neutrophil extracellular traps and the dysfunctional innate immune response of cystic fibrosis lung disease: a review.

Sheonagh M Law, Robert D Gray

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Review in Journal of inflammation (London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
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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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 96 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.

Sheonagh M LawMRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ UK.
Robert D GrayMRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ UK.
Centre for Inflammation Research · GBThe Queen's Medical Research Institute · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office SCAF/16/02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCystic Fibrosis (CF) is a devastating genetic disease characterised primarily by unrelenting lung inflammation and infection resulting in premature death and significant morbidity. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) are possibly key to inflammation in the disease. This review aims to draw together existing research investigating NETs in the context of a dysfunctional innate immune system in CF. MAIN BODY: NETs have a limited anti-microbial role in CF and studies have shown they are present in higher numbers in CF airways and their protein constituents correlate with lung function decline. Innate immune system cells express

conclusionCurrent evidence suggests that NETs contribute to inflammation and lung destruction rather than working effectively in their anti-microbial capacity. Further studies focussing on the pro-inflammatory nature of NET constituents are required to identify the exact mechanistic role of NETs in CF and potential therapeutic interventions.

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Cystic fibrosisDNaseInflammationMacrophagesNETsNeutrophil extracellular trapsNeutrophils

Identifiers

PMID29299029
PMCPMC5745605
OpenAlexW2775872756

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