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ReviewAutoimmune diseases2020

The Influence of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Immune System and Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis.

Mohammad Javad Tavassolifar, Mohammad Vodjgani, Zahra Salehi, Maryam Izad

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Review in Autoimmune diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

75 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Nanozyme-based therapies for inflammatory immune disorders: opportunities and challenges.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammad Javad TavassolifarImmunology Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad VodjganiImmunology Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra SalehiImmunology Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam IzadImmunology Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7816-4051
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple roles have been indicated for reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the immune system in recent years. ROS have been extensively studied due to their ability to damage DNA and other subcellular structures. Noticeably, they have been identified as a pivotal second messenger for T-cell receptor signaling and T-cell activation and participate in antigen cross-presentation and chemotaxis. As an agent with direct toxic effects on cells, ROS lead to the initiation of the autoimmune response. Moreover, ROS levels are regulated by antioxidant systems, which include enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants. Enzymatic antioxidants include superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase. Nonenzymatic antioxidants contain vitamins C, A, and E, glutathione, and thioredoxin. Particularly, cellular antioxidant systems have important functions in maintaining the redox system homeostasis. This review will discuss the significant roles of ROS generation and antioxidant systems under normal conditions, in the immune system, and pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis.

Identifiers

PMID32789026
PMCPMC7334772
OpenAlexW3038053879

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