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ReviewThe Journal of cell biology2020

The cell biology of inflammation: From common traits to remarkable immunological adaptations.

Helen Weavers, Paul Martin

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Review in The Journal of cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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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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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

44 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Hepatocyte BDNF Acts as a Novel Immune Checkpoint to Restrain TLR4-Mediated Acute Hepatitis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  8. Insulin Resistance and Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Helen WeaversSchool of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol UK.
Paul MartinSchool of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/J002577/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 208762/Z/17/ZWellcome Trust 217169/Z/19/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue damage triggers a rapid and robust inflammatory response in order to clear and repair a wound. Remarkably, many of the cell biology features that underlie the ability of leukocytes to home in to sites of injury and to fight infection-most of which are topics of intensive current research-were originally observed in various weird and wonderful translucent organisms over a century ago by Elie Metchnikoff, the "father of innate immunity," who is credited with discovering phagocytes in 1882. In this review, we use Metchnikoff's seminal lectures as a starting point to discuss the tremendous variety of cell biology features that underpin the function of these multitasking immune cells. Some of these are shared by other cell types (including aspects of motility, membrane trafficking, cell division, and death), but others are more unique features of innate immune cells, enabling them to fulfill their specialized functions, such as encapsulation of invading pathogens, cell-cell fusion in response to foreign bodies, and their self-sacrifice as occurs during NETosis.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAdaptation, PhysiologicalAlarminsAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansInflammationMacrophagesMonocytesNeutrophilsPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesPhagocytosisWound HealingAlarminsPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern Molecules

Identifiers

PMID32539109
PMCPMC7337495

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