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ReviewCell2020

Toll-like Receptors and the Control of Immunity.

Katherine A Fitzgerald, Jonathan C Kagan

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Review in Cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,216 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1,216citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
90.0field-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

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

1,216 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2,031 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine A FitzgeraldProgram in Innate Immunity, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: kate.fitzgerald@umassmed.edu.
Jonathan C KaganHarvard Medical School and Division of Gastroenterology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: jonathan.kagan@childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACTP30DK034854 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI JONATHAN C KAGAN · 1986 to 2026
$32.4M
Project 2: Genes required for dendritic cell responses to pathogens and T cellsU19AI133524 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI SHARPE, ARLENE H. · 2017 to 2021
$12.3M
Gene Regulation in Innate ImmunityR37AI067497 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2015 to 2024
$4.6M
Initiation and Regulation of Antiviral Innate ImmunityR01AI093589 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI KAGAN, JONATHAN C · 2011 to 2020
$4.4M
Defining the pathways activated by Toll-like Receptors to stimulate immunityR37AI116550 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI JONATHAN C KAGAN · 2021 to 2026
$3.3M
Regulation of Lupus by Cytosolic DNA SensorsR01AI128358 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A., MARSHAK-ROTHSTEIN, ANN · 2017 to 2021
$2.7M
Regulation of Type I Interferon Gene Expression in the Innate Immune ResponseR01AI067497 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2006 to 2010
$2.0M
Characterization of the myddosome, a protein complex that controls TLR signalingR01AI116550 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI KAGAN, JONATHAN C · 2017 to 2020
$1.8M
Initiation and Regulation of Antiviral Innate ImmunityR56AI093589 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI KAGAN, JONATHAN C · 2021 to 2021
$531k
Inc'ing RNA to anti-viral defenseR21AI147208 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2019 to 2020
$461k
Regulation of Type I Interferon Gene Expression in the Innate Immune ResponseR56AI067497 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2012 to 2012
$415k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of innate immunity and its link to inflammation and host defense encompasses diverse areas of biology, ranging from genetics and biophysics to signal transduction and physiology. Central to our understanding of these events are the Toll-like receptors (TLRs), an evolutionarily ancient family of pattern recognition receptors. Herein, we describe the mechanisms and consequences of TLR-mediated signal transduction with a focus on themes identified in the TLR pathways that also explain the operation of other immune signaling pathways. These themes include the detection of conserved microbial structures to identify infectious agents and the use of supramolecular organizing centers (SMOCs) as signaling organelles that ensure digital cellular responses. Further themes include mechanisms of inducible gene expression, the coordination of gene regulation and metabolism, and the influence of these activities on adaptive immunity. Studies in these areas have informed the development of next-generation therapeutics, thus ensuring a bright future for research in this area.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateInflammationOrganellesSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsToll-Like Receptors

Identifiers

PMID32164908
PMCPMC9358771
OpenAlexW3012283572

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