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ArticleInternational journal of immunopathology and pharmacology

Changes in circulating microRNA-126 levels are associated with immune imbalance in children with acute asthma.

Man Tian, Yong Ji, Tingting Wang, Wenxin Zhang, Ying Zhou, Yubao Cui

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Article in International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Man Tian1 Department of Respiratory, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7736-8012
Yong Ji2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, P.R. China.
Tingting Wang3 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, P.R. China.
Wenxin Zhang1 Department of Respiratory, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China.
Ying Zhou4 Department of Pediatrics Laboratory, The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, P.R. China.
Yubao Cui3 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, P.R. China.
Wuxi People's Hospital · CNNanjing Children's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulation of the immune response in asthma is complex. MicroRNA-126 (miR-126) expression has been implicated in this response, so we sought to determine the clinical significance of miR-126 measured in the peripheral blood. A total of 80 children with acute asthma were selected to participate in the study and were compared to 80 healthy children. The relative circulating miR-126 levels, interleukin (IL)-4 levels, and the Th17 cell percentage in the peripheral blood of children in the case group were significantly higher than those in the control group, while the interferon (IFN)-γ levels and the CD4

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AsthmaCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolCirculating MicroRNACross-Sectional StudiesDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-4LungMaleMicroRNAsPredictive Value of TestsSeverity of Illness IndexCirculating MicroRNAIFNG protein, humanIL4 protein, humanInterferon-gammaInterleukin-4MicroRNAsMIRN126 microRNA, humanacute attackasthmachildrencytokineimmune celllung functionmicroRNA-126

Identifiers

PMID29809062
PMCPMC5977433
OpenAlexW2807015082

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