Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30685692›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2019

B-1 cell responses to infections.

Fauna L Smith, Nicole Baumgarth

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Crotoxin Upregulating NLRP-3 Inflammasome and IL-18 and Activating CD4Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  5. Do human B-1 lymphocytes truly exist?Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  9. Lymphotoxin beta receptorInfection and immunity · 2025
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  11. The transcription factor Bcl11a is essential for B-1a cell maintenance during aging.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  13. Primordial Cells Bridging the Gap Between Innate and Adaptive Immunity.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  17. AIP56, an AB toxin secreted byFrontiers in immunology · 2024
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  20. Insights into innate immune cell evasion byFrontiers in immunology · 2024
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8 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fauna L SmithGraduate Group in Integrative Pathobiology, University of California, Davis, United States; Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California, Davis, United States.
Nicole BaumgarthGraduate Group in Integrative Pathobiology, University of California, Davis, United States; Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California, Davis, United States; Dept. Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, United States. Electronic address: nbaumgarth@ucdavis.edu.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

Virus-induced Cell Fate Decisions in Anti-Viral ImmunityU19AI109962 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI LUND, FRANCES E. · 2014 to 2018
$11.6M
Comparative Medical Science Training ProgramT32OD011147 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI JEROEN SAEIJ, Sara Michelle Thomasy · 2012 to 2026
$5.5M
Protective humoral immunity to influenza infectionR01AI117890 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI BAUMGARTH, NICOLE · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
B-1 cells, IgM and Protective Humoral Immunity to InfluenzaR01AI148652 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI BAUMGARTH, NICOLE · 2019 to 2023
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI117890NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148652NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI109962NIH HHS T32 OD011147
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B-1 cells represent an innate-like early-developing B cell population, whose existence as an independent lymphocyte subset has been questioned in the past. Recent molecular and lineage tracing studies have not only confirmed their unique origins and differentiation paths, they have also provided a rationale for their distinctive functionalities compared to conventional B cells. This review summarizes our current understanding of B-1 cell development, and the activation events that regulate B-1 cell responses to self and foreign antigens. We discuss the unresolved question to what extent BCR engagement, that is, antigen-specificity versus innate signaling contributes to B-1 cell's participation in tissue homeostasis and immune defense as providers of 'natural' and antigen-induced antibody responses, and as cytokine-producing immune regulators.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoantigensB-Lymphocyte SubsetsHomeostasisHumansImmunity, CellularImmunity, InnateImmunomodulationInfectionsReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSignal TransductionAutoantigensReceptors, Antigen, B-Cell

Identifiers

PMID30685692
PMCPMC6521837
OpenAlexW2913703264

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