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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

Tamara Muñoz-Caro, Iván Conejeros, Ershun Zhou, Anton Pikhovych, Ulrich Gärtner, Carlos Hermosilla, Daniel Kulke, Anja Taubert

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tamara Muñoz-CaroInstitute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Iván ConejerosInstitute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Ershun ZhouInstitute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Anton PikhovychClinical Development Animal Health, Animal Center, Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany.
Ulrich GärtnerInstitute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Carlos HermosillaInstitute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Daniel KulkeDrug Discovery Animal Health, Parasiticides, Filaricides Research, Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany.
Anja TaubertInstitute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
University of Giessen · DEBayer (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

AnimalsDirofilaria immitisDirofilariasisDogsExtracellular TrapsFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueImmunity, InnateLarvaLeukocyte ElastaseMaleMicrofilariaeMosquito VectorsNeutrophilsPeroxidaseLeukocyte ElastasePeroxidasecanine polymorphonuclear neutrophilsDirofilaria immitisinnate immunityNETosisneutrophil extracellular traps

Identifiers

PMID29867950
PMCPMC5951940
OpenAlexW2800616817

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.