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ReviewBiomedical journal2021

Type 1 innate lymphoid cells: Soldiers at the front line of immunity.

Tsukasa Nabekura, Akira Shibuya

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Review in Biomedical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Innate Lymphoid Cells Are the Rheostat of Immune Response in the Kidney.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025
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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.

Tsukasa NabekuraLife Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan; Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; R&D Center for Innovative Drug Discovery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Akira ShibuyaLife Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan; Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; R&D Center for Innovative Drug Discovery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. Electronic address: ashibuya@md.tsukuba.ac.jp.
University of Tsukuba · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are tissue-resident innate lymphocytes that have functions to protect the hosts against pathogens and that regulate tissue inflammation and homeostasis. ILC subsets rapidly produce particular cytokines in response to infection, inflammation, and tissue injury at the local environment. Type 1 ILCs (ILC1s) promptly and abundantly produce interferon (IFN)-γ but lack appreciable cytotoxic activity. ILC1s share many phenotypic, developmental, and functional characteristics with natural killer (NK) cells, which are circulating innate lymphocytes with potent natural cytotoxicity. However, recent studies have established ILC1s as distinct from NK cells. ILC1s predominantly reside in the liver-they initially were discovered as a liver-resident ILC subset-as well as in other lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that ILC1s play an important and unique role in host protection and in immunomodulation in their resident organs. However, the pathophysiological role of tissue-resident ILC1s remains largely unclear. In this review, we summarize emerging evidence showing that ILC1s not only contribute to inflammation to protect against pathogens but also promote tissue protection and metabolism. We highlight a unique function of ILC1s in their resident tissues.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateMilitary PersonnelCytokinesHumansInflammationKiller Cells, NaturalCytokinesHost protectionILC1ImmunomodulationInnate lymphoid cellsInterferon (IFN)-gammaNatural killer cells

Identifiers

PMID33839081
PMCPMC8178574
OpenAlexW3099858883

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