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ReviewTherapeutic advances in neurological disorders2018

B cell-based therapies in CNS autoimmunity: differentiating CD19 and CD20 as therapeutic targets.

Thomas G Forsthuber, Daniel M Cimbora, John Nolan Ratchford, Eliezer Katz, Olaf Stüve

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In one paragraph

Review in Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07071246 (Rituximab for the Treatment of New-onset AChR-Myasthenia Gravis), which is not on this map. Cited by 84 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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84citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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.

NCT07071246 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Rituximab for the Treatment of New-onset AChR-Myasthenia Gravis

TypeinterventionalSponsorTang-Du HospitalRan2022 to 2027Enrolled30ConditionsTreatmentArmsRituximab Injection
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas G ForsthuberDepartment of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA.
Daniel M CimboraMedimmune, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
John Nolan RatchfordMedimmune, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Eliezer KatzMedimmune, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Olaf StüveNeurology Section, VA North Texas Health Care System, Medical Service, Dallas, TX, USA.
The University of Texas at San Antonio · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing recognition of the role of B cells in the adaptive immune response makes B cells an important therapeutic target in autoimmunity. Numerous current and developmental immunotherapies target B cells for elimination through recognition of cell-surface proteins expressed specifically on B cells, in particular CD19 and CD20. Similarities and differences in the function and expression of these two molecules predict some shared, and some distinct, pharmacological effects of agents targeting CD19

Indexed as

autoimmunityB cellsCD19CD20experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitismultiple sclerosisneuromyelitis opticaneuromyelitis optica spectrum disorderpharmacologyplasmablastsplasma cells

Identifiers

PMID29593838
PMCPMC5865455
OpenAlexW2793863481

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