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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

The Immune Epitope Database (IEDB): 2018 update.

Randi Vita, Swapnil Mahajan, James A Overton, Sandeep Kumar Dhanda, Sheridan Martini, Jason R Cantrell, Daniel K Wheeler, Alessandro Sette, Bjoern Peters

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,265 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1,265citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
63.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

1,265 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2,285 citations in OpenAlex.

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1,205 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Randi VitaLa Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Swapnil MahajanLa Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
James A OvertonKnocean Inc., Toronto, Ontario M2P 2T3, Canada.
Sandeep Kumar DhandaLa Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Sheridan MartiniLa Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Jason R CantrellLeidos Health, LLC, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Daniel K WheelerLeidos Health, LLC, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Alessandro SetteLa Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Bjoern PetersLa Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
La Jolla Institute for Immunology · USLeidos (United States) · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201200010C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Immune Epitope Database (IEDB, iedb.org) captures experimental data confined in figures, text and tables of the scientific literature, making it freely available and easily searchable to the public. The scope of the IEDB extends across immune epitope data related to all species studied and includes antibody, T cell, and MHC binding contexts associated with infectious, allergic, autoimmune, and transplant related diseases. Having been publicly accessible for >10 years, the recent focus of the IEDB has been improved query and reporting functionality to meet the needs of our users to access and summarize data that continues to grow in quantity and complexity. Here we present an update on our current efforts and future goals.

Indexed as

Databases, ProteinAntibodiesAntigensAutoimmune DiseasesData CurationEpitopesForecastingGene OntologyHumansHypersensitivityInfectionsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellTransplantation ImmunologyUser-Computer InterfaceAntibodiesAntigensEpitopesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID30357391
PMCPMC6324067
OpenAlexW2898389621

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Registered trials

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