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ArticleImmunology2021

Beyond cytokines: Influences of the endocrine system on human immune homeostasis.

Simon Milling

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Article in Immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Simon MillingInstitute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Institute of Infection and Immunity · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune system must be tightly controlled to prevent potentially damaging over-response to pathogens and must also be actively maintained in a responsive state when no immediate threat is present. These processes of control and maintenance are important for sustaining a state of immune homeostasis and are controlled by a network of cellular and molecular interactions. Here, we highlight a recent publication in Immunology (2021) where the authors have examined the effects of the thyroid and pituitary hormones, thyrotrophin and thyroxine, on immune homeostasis in humans. This work reveals homeostatic effects of these hormones on T cells and B cells and raises the possibility that the endocrine system might be manipulated to modulate the immune response.

Indexed as

AnimalsB-LymphocytesEndocrine SystemHomeostasisHumansImmune SystemThyroid HormonesThyrotropinThyroxineT-LymphocytesThyroid HormonesThyrotropinThyroxine

Identifiers

PMID33978243
PMCPMC8114197
OpenAlexW3161740897

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Registered trials

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