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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2018

Meteorin-like/Meteorin-β Is a Novel Immunoregulatory Cytokine Associated with Inflammation.

Irina Ushach, Gerardo Arrevillaga-Boni, Gina N Heller, Egest Pone, Marcela Hernandez-Ruiz, Jovani Catalan-Dibene, Peter Hevezi, Albert Zlotnik

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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70citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 120 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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Irina UshachDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697.
Gerardo Arrevillaga-BoniDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697.
Gina N HellerDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697.
Egest PoneDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697.
Marcela Hernandez-RuizDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697.
Jovani Catalan-DibeneDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697.
Peter HeveziDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697.ORCID 0000-0002-1906-5846
Albert ZlotnikDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697; azlotnik@uci.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0030-9350
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

Parasite dissemination in Toxoplasmic encephalitisR01AI120846 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LODOEN, MELISSA BRUCKNER · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Role of meteorin-like in the immune systemR21AI128465 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI ZLOTNIK, ALBERT · 2017 to 2018
$407k
Characterization of IL36, a novel cytokineR21AI096278 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI ZLOTNIK, ALBERT · 2011 to 2012
$406k
Parasite dissemination in Toxoplasmic encephalitisR56AI120846 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LODOEN, MELISSA BRUCKNER · 2015 to 2015
$386k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI120846NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI096278NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128465NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI120846
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have described a novel cytokine encoded by a gene called Meteorin-like (

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AnimalsCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalHumansImmunomodulationInflammationLipopolysaccharidesMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMucous MembraneNerve Growth FactorsSepsisSkincometin protein, mouseCytokinesLipopolysaccharidesNerve Growth Factors

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PMID30464051
PMCPMC6394858
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