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ArticleOncology letters2019

Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist gene variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism and cutaneous melanoma.

Sabina Cauci, Cinzia Buligan, Francesco Rocchi, Ilaria Salvador, Luigi Xodo, Giuseppe Stinco

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Article in Oncology letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sabina CauciDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, I-33100 Udine, Italy.
Cinzia BuliganDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, I-33100 Udine, Italy.
Francesco RocchiDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, I-33100 Udine, Italy.
Ilaria SalvadorDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, I-33100 Udine, Italy.
Luigi XodoDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, I-33100 Udine, Italy.
Giuseppe StincoDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, I-33100 Udine, Italy.
University of Udine · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunity and cytokines serve crucial roles in cutaneous melanoma. The present study investigated whether a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) gene (

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cutaneous melanomaimmunityinnate responseinterleukin 1 familyinterleukin 1 receptorinterleukin 1 receptor antagonistpolymorphismskin cancer

Identifiers

PMID31788049
PMCPMC6865156
OpenAlexW2975829823

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