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ReviewImmunology2020

The liver as an immunological barrier redefined by single-cell analysis.

Zania Stamataki, Leo Swadling

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Review in Immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. ModulatingJournal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2026
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  5. Myeloid cells in chronic liver inflammation.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2025
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  11. Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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  12. The total mass, number, and distribution of immune cells in the human body.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  16. The microbiota and the gut-liver axis in primary sclerosing cholangitis.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2023
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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.

Zania StamatakiInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3823-4497
Leo SwadlingDivision of Infection & Immunity, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0537-6715
University College London · GBUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

MRF_ MRF-044-0001-RG-SWADLMRF_ MRF-169-0001-F-STAM-C0826Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liver is a front-line immune tissue that plays a major role in the detection, capture and clearance of pathogens and foreign antigens entering the bloodstream, especially from the gut. Our largest internal organ maintains this immune barrier in the face of constant exposure to external but harmless antigens through a highly specialized network of liver-adapted immune cells. Mapping the immune resident compartment in the liver has been challenging because it requires multimodal single-cell deep phenotyping approaches of often rare cell populations in difficult to access samples. We can now measure the RNA transcripts present in a single cell (scRNA-seq), which is revolutionizing the way we characterize cell types. scRNA-seq has been applied to the diverse array of immune cells present in murine and human livers in health and disease. Here, we summarize how emerging single-cell technologies have advanced or redefined our understanding of the immunological barrier provided by the liver.

Indexed as

RNA-SeqSingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsAntigensGene Expression RegulationHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansLiverMiceTranscriptomeAntigensimmune barrierliverliver resident cellsRNA-seqsingle cellstranscriptomics

Identifiers

PMID32176810
PMCPMC7218664
OpenAlexW3011628866

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