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ReviewCritical reviews in immunology2018

How Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Activates Inflammatory Responses.

Jillian P Rhoads, Amy S Major

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In one paragraph

Review in Critical reviews in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
96citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

96 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 183 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review of OxLDL Driven Inflammatory Cell Activation.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2025
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  11. The Role of Lipid Alteration in Multiple Sclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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36 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jillian P RhoadsDepartment of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232.
Amy S MajorDepartment of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232; Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, TN 37212.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USVA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System · US

Funding

Targeting the T cell immune synapse in autoimmunityR03AI124190 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MAJOR, AMY S · 2017 to 2018
$158k
oxLDL immune complex-mediated modulation of atherosclerosisI01BX002968 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI MAJOR, AMY S · 2016 to 2019
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BLRD VA I01 BX002968NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI124190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death in the United States and worldwide. The most common cause of cardiovascular disease is atherosclerosis, or formation of fatty plaques in the arteries. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), termed "bad cholesterol", is a large molecule comprised of many proteins as well as lipids including cholesterol, phospholipids, and triglycerides. Circulating levels of LDL are directly associated with atherosclerosis disease severity. Once thought to simply be caused by passive retention of LDL in the vasculature, atherosclerosis studies over the past 40-50 years have uncovered a much more complex mechanism. It has now become well established that within the vasculature, LDL can undergo many different types of oxidative modifications such as esterification and lipid peroxidation. The resulting oxidized LDL (oxLDL) has been found to have antigenic potential and contribute heavily to atherosclerosis associated inflammation, activating both innate and adaptive immunity. This review discusses the many proposed mechanisms by which oxidized LDL modulates inflammatory responses and how this might modulate atherosclerosis.

Indexed as

AnimalsAtherosclerosisHumansInflammationLipoproteins, LDLLipoproteins, LDLoxidized low density lipoprotein

Identifiers

PMID30806246
PMCPMC6527110
OpenAlexW2889555654

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Registered trials

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