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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2019

Loss of the interleukin-6 receptor causes immunodeficiency, atopy, and abnormal inflammatory responses.

Sarah Spencer, Sevgi Köstel Bal, William Egner, Hana Lango Allen, Syed I Raza, Chi A Ma, Meltem Gürel, Yuan Zhang, Guangping Sun, Ruth A Sabroe and 28 more

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
121citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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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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

121 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 201 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

38 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Sarah Spencer *Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8989-1553
Sevgi Köstel Bal *Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3718-5323
William Egner *Sheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Hana Lango Allen *Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7803-8688
Syed I Raza *Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Chi A Ma *Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Meltem Gürel *Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Yuan Zhang *Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.ORCID 0000-0001-9932-917X
Guangping Sun *Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Ruth A SabroeDepartment of Dermatology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Daniel GreeneDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
William RaeDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Tala ShahinLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Vienna, Austria.
Katarzyna KaniaCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8206-1349
Rico Chandra ArdyLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-4975-2177
Marini ThianLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3016-0430
Emily StaplesDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Annika Pecchia-BekkumDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
William P M WorrallDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2507-8173
Jonathan StephensDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Matthew BrownDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Salih TunaDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Melanie YorkSheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1522-9073
Fiona ShackleySheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Diarmuid KerrinBarnsley Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Barnsley, UK.
Ravishankar SargurSheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8535-630X
Alison CondliffeSheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6697-8648
Hamid Nawaz TipuImmunology Department, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-0105-103X
Hye Sun KuehnDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Sergio D RosenzweigDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Ernest TurroDepartment of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1820-6563
Simon TavaréCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3716-4952
Adrian J ThrasherMolecular and Cellular Immunology Section, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital National Health Service Trust, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6097-6115
Duncan Ian JodrellDepartment of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9360-1670
Kenneth G C SmithDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3829-4326
Kaan Boztug *Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Vienna, Austria kaan.boztug@rud.lbg.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0001-8387-9185
Joshua D Milner *Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD joshua.milner@nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-3913-3869
James E D Thaventhiran *Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK jedt2@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8616-074X
National Health Service · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBAustrian Academy of Sciences · ATNational Institutes of Health · USCancer Research UK Cambridge Center · GBNational Institutes of Health Clinical Center · USArmed Forces Institute of Pathology · PKQuaid-i-Azam University · PK

Funding

Studies of Inherited Causes of Fungal SusceptabilityZIAAI001122 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI ROSENZWEIG, SERGIO · 2010 to 2025
$26.0M
Genetic and Pathophysiologic Study of Atopic DiseaseZIAAI001183 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MILNER, JOSHUA · 2013 to 2019
$8.7M
Pathogenesis and Treatment of Atopic DermatitisZIAAI001098 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MILNER, JOSHUA · 2009 to 2019
$6.5M
Mutation Analysis Of Selected Lymphoid Immune DisordersZIACL010304 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI ROSENZWEIG, SERGIO · 2009 to 2025
$0k
Austrian Science Fund FWF P 29951Cancer Research UK 15678Cancer Research UK 20406Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001098Medical Research Council MC_EX_MR/S300011/1Medical Research Council MR/L006197/1Medical Research Council MR/L019027/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IL-6 excess is central to the pathogenesis of multiple inflammatory conditions and is targeted in clinical practice by immunotherapy that blocks the IL-6 receptor encoded by

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesInfant, NewbornInflammationMaleReceptors, Interleukin-6Receptors, Interleukin-6

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PMID31235509
PMCPMC6719421
OpenAlexW2954425631

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