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ReviewJournal of leukocyte biology2021

The spleen: "epicenter" in malaria infection and immunity.

Debopam Ghosh, Jason S Stumhofer

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of leukocyte biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Early enhanced control ofInfection and immunity · 2026
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  3. Spontaneous splenic rupture in Plasmodium vivax malariaBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2026
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  17. Overview of the host immune response toJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Debopam GhoshDepartment of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Jason S StumhoferDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

Funding

Regulation and function of B cells during malaria infection- ResubmissionR01AI116653 · NIAID · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI STUMHOFER, JASON S · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116653
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spleen is a complex secondary lymphoid organ that plays a crucial role in controlling blood-stage infection with Plasmodium parasites. It is tasked with sensing and removing parasitized RBCs, erythropoiesis, the activation and differentiation of adaptive immune cells, and the development of protective immunity, all in the face of an intense inflammatory environment. This paper describes how these processes are regulated following infection and recognizes the gaps in our current knowledge, highlighting recent insights from human infections and mouse models.

Indexed as

ImmunityAnimalsErythrocytesHematopoiesisHumansMalariaPlasmodiumSpleenAbB cellscytokinesinflammationT cells

Identifiers

PMID33464668
PMCPMC8518401

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