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ReviewClinical and experimental immunology2020

Novel insights into dendritic cells in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis.

T Carvalheiro, M Zimmermann, T R D J Radstake, W Marut

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Review in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Anti-Platelet factor 4 immunothrombosis-not just heparin and vaccine triggers.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2025
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  10. Pathophysiology of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2022
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  12. TFH cells in systemic sclerosis.Journal of translational medicine · 2021
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  14. Clinical & Experimental Immunology: Highlights of 2020.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2021
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  16. The Roles of Immune Cells in the Pathogenesis of Fibrosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  17. Innate immunity in systemic sclerosis.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

T CarvalheiroCenter for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3187-2288
M ZimmermannCenter for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
T R D J RadstakeCenter for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
W MarutCenter for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9039-2658
Utrecht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe autoimmune fibrotic disease characterized by fibrosis, vasculopathy, and immune dysregulation. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells, specialized in pathogen sensing, with high capacity to shape the immune responses. The most recent technological advances have allowed the discovery of new DC subsets with potential implications in inflammatory conditions. Alterations of DC distribution in circulation and affected tissue as well as impaired DC function have been described in SSc patients, pointing towards a crucial role of these cells in SSc pathogenesis. In particular, recent studies have shown the importance of plasmacytoid DCs either by their high capacity to produce type I interferon or other inflammatory mediators implicated in SSc pathology, such as chemokine C-X-C motif ligand 4 (CXCL4). In-vivo models of SSc have been vital to clarify the implications of DCs in this disease, especially DCs depletion and specific gene knock-down studies. This review provides these new insights into the contribution of the different DCs subsets in the pathogenesis of SSc, as well as to the novel developments on DCs in in-vivo models of SSc and the potential use of DCs and their mediators as therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

AnimalsDendritic CellsDisease Models, AnimalHumansPlatelet Factor 4Scleroderma, SystemicPF4 protein, humanPlatelet Factor 4conventional dendritic cellsdendritic cellsfibrosisinflammationplasmacytoid dendritic cellssystemic sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID31970748
PMCPMC7290079
OpenAlexW3001508623

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