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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Host Immunity and Inflammation to Pulmonary Helminth Infections.

Jill E Weatherhead, Pedro Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, John M Knight, Ricardo Fujiwara, Peter J Hotez, Maria Elena Bottazzi, David B Corry

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Jill E WeatherheadDepartment of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Pedro Gazzinelli-GuimaraesLaboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
John M KnightDepartment of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology, and the Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Ricardo FujiwaraDepartamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Peter J HotezDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Maria Elena BottazziDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
David B CorryDepartment of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology, and the Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
Baylor College of Medicine · USChildren's Center · USMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center · USNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USTexas A&M University · USUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BR

Funding

Discovering the Immunologic Mechanism of Ascaris-induced Allergic Airway Disease.K08AI143968 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI WEATHERHEAD, JILL ELIZABETH · 2020 to 2024
$911k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI143968
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helminths, including nematodes, cestodes and trematodes, are complex parasitic organisms that infect at least one billion people globally living in extreme poverty. Helminthic infections are associated with severe morbidity particularly in young children who often harbor the highest burden of disease. While each helminth species completes a distinct life cycle within the host, several helminths incite significant lung disease. This impact on the lungs occurs either directly from larval migration and host immune activation or indirectly from a systemic inflammatory immune response. The impact of helminths on the pulmonary immune response involves a sophisticated orchestration and activation of the host innate and adaptive immune cells. The consequences of activating pulmonary host immune responses are variable with several helminthic infections leading to severe, pulmonary compromise while others providing immune tolerance and protection against the development of pulmonary diseases. Further delineation of the convoluted interface between helminth infection and the pulmonary host immune responses is critical to the development of novel therapeutics that are critically needed to prevent the significant global morbidity caused by these parasites.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsBiomarkersDisease SusceptibilityHelminthiasisHelminthsHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansImmunityImmunity, InnateImmunomodulationLife Cycle StagesLung Diseases, ParasiticOrgan SpecificityBiomarkersAscarishookwormhost immune responseinflammationlung pathologiesSchistosoma

Identifiers

PMID33193446
PMCPMC7606285
OpenAlexW3094054487

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