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ReviewInflammation2021

The Emerging Role of Interleukin 1β (IL-1β) in Cancer Cachexia.

Barry J Laird, Donald McMillan, Richard J E Skipworth, Marie T Fallon, D Robert Paval, Iain McNeish, Iain J Gallagher

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In one paragraph

Review in Inflammation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Understanding cachexia and its impact on lung cancer and beyond.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2024
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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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Barry J LairdInsitute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, EH4 2XR, Edinburgh, UK. barry.laird@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2807-6192
Donald McMillanDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Richard J E SkipworthClinical Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Marie T FallonInsitute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Crewe Road, EH4 2XR, Edinburgh, UK.
D Robert PavalFaculty of Health Sciences & Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
Iain McNeishDivision of Cancer, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Iain J GallagherFaculty of Health Sciences & Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
Edinburgh Cancer Research · GBUniversity of Stirling · GBEdinburgh Royal Infirmary · GBGlasgow Royal Infirmary · GBImperial College London · GB

Funding

Marie Curie MCCC-RP-15-A19005Marie Curie MCCC-RP-16-A20997Marie Curie MCRGS-07-16-73
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment of cancer cachexia remains an unmet need. The host-tumour interface and the resulting sequestration of the pro-inflammatory cytokine Il-1β is critical in cachexia development. Neuroinflammation mediated via IL-1β through the hypothalamic pituitary axis results in increased muscle proteolysis and adipose lipolysis, thus creating a prolonged stress-like environment with loss of appetite and increased resting energy expenditure. Recent trials using a monoclonal antibody targeting IL-1β, canakinumab, have shown a potential role in lung cancer; however, a potential role of targeting IL-1β to treat cachexia in patients with lung cancer is unclear, yet the underlying pathophysiology provides a sound rationale that this may be a viable therapeutic approach.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCachexiaEnergy MetabolismHumansInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1betaNeoplasmsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsIL1B protein, humanInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1betaCachexiaInflammationInterleukin-1 beta

Identifiers

PMID33907915
PMCPMC8285330
OpenAlexW3157843562

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