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ReviewJournal of immunology research2020

The Potential Role of Regulatory B Cells in Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy.

Zhaocheng Dong, Zhiyuan Liu, Haoran Dai, Wenbin Liu, Zhendong Feng, Qihan Zhao, Yu Gao, Fei Liu, Na Zhang, Xuan Dong and 5 more

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Review in Journal of immunology research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 24 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

15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhaocheng DongBeijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 11, North Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0895-7168
Zhiyuan LiuShandong First Medical University, No. 619 Changcheng Road, Tai'an City, Shandong 271016, China.
Haoran DaiShunyi Branch, Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Station East 5, Shunyi District, Beijing 101300, China.
Wenbin LiuBeijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 11, North Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China.
Zhendong FengBeijing Chinese Medicine Hospital Pinggu Hospital, No. 6, Pingxiang Road, Pinggu District, Beijing 101200, China.
Qihan ZhaoBeijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 23 Meishuguanhou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China.
Yu GaoBeijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 23 Meishuguanhou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China.
Fei LiuBeijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 11, North Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China.
Na ZhangBeijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 23 Meishuguanhou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China.
Xuan DongBeijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 23 Meishuguanhou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China.
Xiaoshan ZhouBeijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 11, North Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China.
Jieli DuBeijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 11, North Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China.
Guangrui HuangBeijing University of Chinese Medicine, No. 11, North Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1846-0227
Xuefei TianDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Baoli LiuBeijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 23 Meishuguanhou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7929-6614
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNCapital Medical University · CNShunyi Hospital of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital · CNTaishan Medical University · CNYale University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory B cells (Breg) are widely regarded as immunomodulatory cells which play an immunosuppressive role. Breg inhibits pathological autoimmune response by secreting interleukin-10 (IL-10), transforming growth factor-

Indexed as

Disease SusceptibilityAnimalsAutoantibodiesAutoantigensAutoimmunityB-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryB-Lymphocyte SubsetsCell CommunicationCytokinesGlomerulonephritis, MembranousHumansImmunoglobulin GLymphocyte ActivationT-LymphocytesAutoantibodiesAutoantigensCytokinesImmunoglobulin G

Identifiers

PMID33426094
PMCPMC7772048
OpenAlexW3114633376

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Registered trials

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