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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Regulatory T Cells and Acute Lung Injury: Cytokines, Uncontrolled Inflammation, and Therapeutic Implications.

Shihui Lin, Hua Wu, Chuanjiang Wang, Zhibo Xiao, Fang Xu

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Review 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 79 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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

79 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  12. Immunity and Coagulation in COVID-19.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. Gut-derived immune cells and the gut-lung axis in ARDS.Critical care (London, England) · 2024
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  18. Activated CD4Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024
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  19. Upregulation of PGC-1α expression by pioglitazone mediates prevention of sepsis-induced acute lung injury.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2024
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  20. Genetic signatures ofFrontiers in immunology · 2024
    Observational

19 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

5 authors.

Shihui LinDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Hua WuCenter for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Chuanjiang WangDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Zhibo XiaoDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Fang XuDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome/acute lung injury (ALI) was described in 1967. The uncontrolled inflammation is a central issue of the syndrome. The regulatory T cells (Tregs), formerly known as suppressor T cells, are a subpopulation of T cells. Tregs indirectly limits immune inflammation-inflicted tissue damage by employing multiple mechanisms and creating the appropriate immune environment for successful tissue repair. And it plays a central role in the resolution of ALI. Accordingly, for this review, we will focus on Treg populations which are critical for inflammatory immunity of ALI, and the effect of interaction between Treg subsets and cytokines on ALI. And then explore the possibility of cytokines as beneficial factors in inflammation resolution of ALI.

Indexed as

acute lung injuryacute respiratory distress syndromecytokinesregulatory T cellsuncontrolled inflammation

Identifiers

PMID30038616
PMCPMC6046379

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