Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33329579›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

The Adipocyte and Adaptive Immunity.

Jianfeng Song, Tuo Deng

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
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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. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 33 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Innate immune signalling in the adipocyte.Journal of biochemistry · 2026
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  7. The immune mechanisms of the urinary tract against infections.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  14. Targeting adipocyte-immune cell crosstalk to control breast cancer progression.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jianfeng SongNational Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Tuo DengNational Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Central South University · CNSecond Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Not only do Adipocytes have energy storage and endocrine functions, but they also play an immunological role. Adipocytes are involved in adaptive immunity to mediate the pathological processes of a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases and autoimmune syndromes. The adaptive immune response consists of T cell-mediated cellular immunity and B cell-mediated humoral immunity. Obese adipocytes overexpress MHC class II molecules and costimulators to act as antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and promote the activation of CD4

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAdipocytesAdipokinesAnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigen-Presenting CellsBiomarkersB-LymphocytesEnergy MetabolismHumansImmunomodulationLymphocyte ActivationT-LymphocytesAdipokinesBiomarkersadaptive immunityadipocyteadipokineB cellT cell

Identifiers

PMID33329579
PMCPMC7728694
OpenAlexW3106971025

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