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ReviewImmunity2019

GM-CSF, IL-3, and IL-5 Family of Cytokines: Regulators of Inflammation.

Michael Dougan, Glenn Dranoff, Stephanie K Dougan

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Review in Immunity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 262 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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262citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

262 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 444 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michael DouganDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: mldougan@partners.org.
Glenn DranoffNovartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA. Electronic address: glenn.dranoff@novartis.com.
Stephanie K DouganDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: stephanie_dougan@dfci.harvard.edu.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USNovartis (United States) · US

Funding

Systematic interrogation of the pancreatic cancer microenvironment in patient-derived specimensU01CA224146 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI HAHN, WILLIAM C. · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
Regulation of brown fat metabolism by the immune receptor PD-L1K08DK114563 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DOUGAN, MICHAEL LAWRENCE · 2017 to 2021
$868k
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA224146NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK114563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The β common chain cytokines GM-CSF, IL-3, and IL-5 regulate varied inflammatory responses that promote the rapid clearance of pathogens but also contribute to pathology in chronic inflammation. Therapeutic interventions manipulating these cytokines are approved for use in some cancers as well as allergic and autoimmune disease, and others show promising early clinical activity. These approaches are based on our understanding of the inflammatory roles of these cytokines; however, GM-CSF also participates in the resolution of inflammation, and IL-3 and IL-5 may also have such properties. Here, we review the functions of the β common cytokines in health and disease. We discuss preclinical and clinical data, highlighting the potential inherent in targeting these cytokine pathways, the limitations, and the important gaps in understanding of the basic biology of this cytokine family.

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AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHematopoiesisHumansInflammationInterleukin-3Interleukin-5MiceMice, KnockoutMultigene FamilyNeoplasmsReceptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorReceptors, Interleukin-3Receptors, Interleukin-5Recombinant ProteinsGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorInterleukin-3Interleukin-5Receptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorReceptors, Interleukin-3Receptors, Interleukin-5Recombinant Proteinsallergic diseasebeta common cytokineseosinophilsGM-CSFhematopoiesisIL-3IL-5tumor immunology

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PMID30995500
PMCPMC12512237
OpenAlexW2940004630

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