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ReviewHuman genetics2020

Autoantibodies against cytokines: phenocopies of primary immunodeficiencies?

Chen-Lung Ku, Chih-Yu Chi, Horst von Bernuth, Rainer Doffinger

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Review in Human genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Autoantibodies against type I interferons in COVID-19 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2023
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  11. The monogenic landscape of human infectious diseases.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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  18. The ouroboros of autoimmunity.Nature immunology · 2024
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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 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Chen-Lung KuGraduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. clku@cgu.edu.tw.
Chih-Yu ChiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Horst von BernuthCharité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Kinderklinik mit Schwerpunkt Pneumologie, Immunologie und Intensivmedizin, Berlin, Germany. horst.von-bernuth@charite.de.
Rainer DoffingerDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. rd270@medschl.cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9841-3617
Berlin-Brandenburger Centrum für Regenerative Therapien · DEChang Gung University of Science and Technology · TWChina Medical University · TWNational Institute for Health Research · GB

Funding

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CMRPD1A0681-3Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 105-2628-B-182-002-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-cytokine autoantibodies may cause immunodeficiency and have been recently recognized as 'autoimmune phenocopies of primary immunodeficiencies' and are found in particular, but not exclusively in adult patients. By blocking the cytokine's biological function, patients with anti-cytokine autoantibodies may present with a similar clinical phenotype as the related inborn genetic disorders. So far, autoantibodies to interferon (IFN)-γ, GM-CSF, to a group of TH-17 cytokines and to IL-6 have been found to be causative or closely associated with susceptibility to infection. This review compares infectious diseases associated with anti-cytokine autoantibodies with primary immunodeficiencies affecting similar cytokines or related pathways.

Indexed as

AutoantibodiesCytokinesHumansPhenotypePrimary Immunodeficiency DiseasesAutoantibodiesCytokines

Identifiers

PMID32419033
PMCPMC7272486
OpenAlexW3025126813

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