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ReviewAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Functions of ROS in Macrophages and Antimicrobial Immunity.

Marc Herb, Michael Schramm

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Review in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 314 papers.

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314citing papers in PubMed
51.3field-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

314 citing papers in PubMed, 578 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marc HerbFaculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, 50935 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7533-0288
Michael SchrammFaculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, 50935 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0226-9129
University of Cologne · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 1627/-21Köln Fortune 302/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a chemically defined group of reactive molecules derived from molecular oxygen. ROS are involved in a plethora of processes in cells in all domains of life, ranging from bacteria, plants and animals, including humans. The importance of ROS for macrophage-mediated immunity is unquestioned. Their functions comprise direct antimicrobial activity against bacteria and parasites as well as redox-regulation of immune signaling and induction of inflammasome activation. However, only a few studies have performed in-depth ROS analyses and even fewer have identified the precise redox-regulated target molecules. In this review, we will give a brief introduction to ROS and their sources in macrophages, summarize the versatile roles of ROS in direct and indirect antimicrobial immune defense, and provide an overview of commonly used ROS probes, scavengers and inhibitors.

Indexed as

antimicrobial defenseimmunityinfectioninflammasomemacrophagesmitochondriaNADPH oxidasesreactive oxygen speciesredox signalingROS detectionROS scavenging

Identifiers

PMID33669824
PMCPMC7923022
OpenAlexW3131190077

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