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SynthesisBioMed research international2020

Meta-Analysis of Changes in the Number and Proportion of Regulatory T Cells in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Ming Li, Xueping Zhou, Lingling Zhou, Zhichao Yu, Ling Fu, Pei Yang

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Synthesis in BioMed research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Non-genetic biomarkers for ankylosing spondylitis: An umbrella review.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2022
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  8. Uncovering the Underworld of Axial Spondyloarthritis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  14. Regulatory T cell function in autoimmune disease.Journal of translational autoimmunity · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ming LiThe First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8882-6613
Xueping ZhouThe First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7807-9968
Lingling ZhouJiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Material Medical, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8395-9783
Zhichao YuThe First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Ling FuThe First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Pei YangJiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Material Medical, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on the number and proportion of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients have been controversial, which has led to a disagreement regarding the role of Tregs in the pathogenesis of AS. To clarify this debate, we conducted a meta-analysis to verify the reported changes in Tregs during AS. We systematically searched the PubMed, Foreign Medical Retrieval System (FMRS), and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) web of knowledge databases for eligible articles. A meta-analysis of studies that examined the proportion and number of Tregs among peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and CD4

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Lymphocyte CountSpondylitis, AnkylosingT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryBiomarkersCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesDatabases, FactualHumansInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitLeukocytes, MononuclearBiomarkersIL2RA protein, humanInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit

Identifiers

PMID32149142
PMCPMC7053470

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