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ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2021

Inborn errors of IL-6 family cytokine responses.

Yin-Huai Chen, Sarah Spencer, Arian Laurence, James Ed Thaventhiran, Holm H Uhlig

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yin-Huai ChenTranslational Gastroenterology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Sarah SpencerMRC Toxicology Unit, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, UK.
Arian LaurenceTranslational Gastroenterology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Haematology, University College Hospital, UCLH Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
James Ed ThaventhiranMRC Toxicology Unit, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: jedt2@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk.
Holm H UhligTranslational Gastroenterology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Biomedical Research Center, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Pediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: holm.uhlig@ndm.ox.ac.uk.
MRC Toxicology Unit · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity College Hospital · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_EX_MR/S300011/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_00025/12Medical Research Council MR/L006197/1Medical Research Council MR/W020564/1Medical Research Council RG95376MRF_ MRF-057-0002-RG-THAV-C0798
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The IL-6 family of cytokines mediates functions in host protective immunity, development of multiple organs, tissue regeneration and metabolism. Inborn errors in cytokines or cytokine receptor units highlight specific roles for IL-6, IL-11, LIF, OSM, and CLC signaling whereas incomplete loss-of-function variants in the common receptor chain GP130 encoded by IL6ST or the transcription factor STAT3, as well as genes that affect either GP130 glycosylation (PGM3) or STAT3 transcriptional control (ZNF341) lead to complex phenotypes including features of hyper-IgE syndrome. Gain-of-function variants in the GP130-STAT3 signaling pathway cause immune dysregulation disorders. Insights into IL-6 family cytokine signaling inform on therapeutic application in immune-mediated disorders and potential side effects such as infection susceptibility.

Indexed as

Genetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationMultigene FamilyAllelesAnimalsBiomarkersCytokine Receptor gp130Gain of Function MutationGene Expression RegulationGenotypeGlycosylationHumansInterleukin-6Organ SpecificityPhenotypeBiomarkersCytokine Receptor gp130Interleukin-6STAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription FactorTranscription FactorsZNF341 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID34044328
PMCPMC8591178
OpenAlexW3165394170

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