Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33239787›Full record

ArticleNature2021

Commensal-driven immune zonation of the liver promotes host defence.

Anita Gola, Michael G Dorrington, Emily Speranza, Claudia Sala, Rochelle M Shih, Andrea J Radtke, Harikesh S Wong, Antonio P Baptista, Jonathan M Hernandez, Gastone Castellani and 2 more

Erratum issuedOpen access · bronzeAbstract read
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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 169 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
169citing papers in PubMed
17.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

169 citing papers in PubMed, 264 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Anita GolaLymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. agola@rockefeller.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1431-1398
Michael G Dorrington *Signaling Systems Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Emily Speranza *Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Claudia SalaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4889-1047
Rochelle M ShihLymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3218-4479
Andrea J RadtkeLymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Harikesh S WongLymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Antonio P BaptistaLymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Jonathan M HernandezMetastasis Biology Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Gastone CastellaniDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Iain D C FraserSignaling Systems Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Ronald N GermainLymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. rgermain@niaid.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1495-9143
National Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

Multiscale Analysis of Immune ResponsesZIAAI000545 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI GERMAIN, RONALD N · 2009 to 2025
$29.4M
NIAID Microbiome ProgramZICAI001233 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MOUTSOPOULOS, NIKI · 2018 to 2025
$18.9M
RNAi Screening in Hematopoietic CellsZIAAI001106 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI FRASER, IAIN · 2009 to 2025
$12.4M
Analysis of Innate Immune Signaling NetworksZIAAI001107 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI FRASER, IAIN · 2009 to 2025
$11.9M
Multiscale Analysis of Immune ResponsesZ01AI000545 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI GERMAIN, RONALD N · 1990 to 2008
$4.5M
Analysis of Host-Pathogen InteractionsZ01AI001034 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI GERMAIN, RONALD N · 2008 to 2008
$1.6M
Evaluating outcomes for patients with primary-metastatic gastrointestinal cancerZIABC011861 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI HERNANDEZ, JONATHAN · 2019 to 2025
$166k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000545Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI001034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The liver connects the intestinal portal vasculature with the general circulation, using a diverse array of immune cells to protect from pathogens that translocate from the gut

Indexed as

AnimalsBacteriaCell SeparationChemokine CXCL9Endothelial CellsFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansKupffer CellsLiverLymphocytesMaleMiceModels, ImmunologicalMolecular ImagingMyeloid CellsChemokine CXCL9MYD88 protein, humanMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88

Identifiers

PMID33239787
PMCPMC8691525
OpenAlexW3108567773

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