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ReviewMucosal immunology2020

The emerging roles of eosinophils in mucosal homeostasis.

Kathleen Shah, Aline Ignacio, Kathy D McCoy, Nicola L Harris

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Review in Mucosal immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. [Research Progress on the Biological Functions of Intestinal Eosinophils and Related Diseases].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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  10. The Duodenal Microenvironment in Functional Dyspepsia.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025
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  11. Emerging Roles of Eosinophils in Bone.Current osteoporosis reports · 2025
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  14. Eosinophils in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multifaceted Role in the Pathogenesis of the Disease.Biocell : official journal of the Sociedades Latinoamericanas de Microscopia Electronica ... et. al · 2025
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Kathleen ShahGlobal Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aline IgnacioUniversity of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
Kathy D McCoyUniversity of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
Nicola L HarrisGlobal Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland. nicola.harris@monash.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2922-0210
University of Calgary · CAMonash Alfred Psychiatry Research centre · AUThe Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophils are granulocytes, typically implicated as end-stage effector cells in type-II immune responses. They are capable of producing a wide array of pre-formed molecules which render them with vast potential to influence a wide variety of processes. Nonetheless, eosinophil research has traditionally focused on their role in anti-helminthic responses and pathophysiological processes in type-II immune disorders, such as allergy and asthma, where eosinophilia is a hallmark phenotype. However, a number of key studies over the past decade have placed this restricted view of eosinophil function into question, presenting additional evidence for eosinophils as critical regulators of various homeostatic processes including immune maintenance, organ development, and tissue regeneration.

Indexed as

HomeostasisImmunity, MucosalAnimalsCell DifferentiationCellular MicroenvironmentChemotaxisDisease SusceptibilityEosinophilsHumansMucous MembraneOrgan Specificity

Identifiers

PMID32157190
OpenAlexW3011804351

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