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ReviewImmunology2018

Segmented filamentous bacteria-induced immune responses: a balancing act between host protection and autoimmunity.

Kyle L Flannigan, Timothy L Denning

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Review in Immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kyle L FlanniganDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9449-8879
Timothy L DenningInstitute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-7444
Georgia State University · USUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

Intestinal Antigen Presenting Cells and Mucosal ImmunityR01DK097256 · NIDDK · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DENNING, TIMOTHY L · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK097256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) are Gram-positive, spore-forming, bacteria that primarily colonize the ileum of the small intestine. Upon direct adherence to intestinal epithelial cells, SFB actively stimulate innate and adaptive immune cell activation. The cardinal features of SFB-induced gut immunity - T helper type 17 (Th17) cell differentiation, IgA production and barrier protection - lead to the containment of SFB and further afford protection against invading pathogens. Th17 cells and interleukin-17A, however, can also reach peripheral sites and exacerbate autoimmunity. In this review, we highlight salient characteristics of SFB-host interactions and detail the cellular and molecular immune mechanisms involved in coordinating these responses.

Indexed as

autoimmunityimmune homeostasismicrobiotamucosal immunologysegmented filamentous bacteriaTh17 cells

Identifiers

PMID29771448
PMCPMC6050222
OpenAlexW2803417520

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