Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31163387›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2019

Genetic evidence for the role of transforming growth factor-β in atopic phenotypes.

Katherine A Weissler, Pamela A Frischmeyer-Guerrerio

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In one paragraph

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 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. HLA-DRAllergy · 2025
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  5. The genetics of hyper IgE syndromes.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  11. ERBIN and phosphoglucomutase 3 deficiency.Current opinion in immunology · 2023
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  16. Women in immunology: 2020 and beyond.Nature immunology · 2020
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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.

Katherine A WeisslerLaboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Pamela A Frischmeyer-GuerrerioLaboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: pamela.guerrerio@nih.gov.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

The Role of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGFbeta) in Promoting Allergic InflammationZIAAI001203 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI FRISCHMEYER-GUERRERIO, PAMELA · 2015 to 2025
$10.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AI999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New evidence in humans and mice supports a role for transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in the initiation and effector phases of allergic disease, as well as in consequent tissue dysfunction. This pleiotropic cytokine can affect T cell activation and differentiation and B cell immunoglobulin class switching following initial encounter with an allergen. TGF-β can also act on mast cells during an acute allergic episode to modulate the strength of the response, in addition to driving tissue remodeling following damage caused by an allergic attack. Accordingly, genetic disorders leading to altered TGF-β signaling can result in increased rates of allergic disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansHypersensitivity, ImmediatePhenotypeSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID31163387
PMCPMC6800617
OpenAlexW2947323924

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