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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Progesterone Dampens Immune Responses in

Sandra Hellberg, Johanna Raffetseder, Olof Rundquist, Rasmus Magnusson, Georgia Papapavlou, Maria C Jenmalm, Jan Ernerudh, Mika Gustafsson

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The HIV Reservoir and Immune Landscape Across the Life Course of Women: Implications for Cure Strategies.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026
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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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sandra HellbergBioinformatics, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Johanna RaffetsederDivision of Inflammation and Infection, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Olof RundquistBioinformatics, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Rasmus MagnussonBioinformatics, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Georgia PapapavlouDivision of Inflammation and Infection, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Maria C JenmalmDivision of Inflammation and Infection, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Jan ErnerudhDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Mika GustafssonBioinformatics, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Linköping University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The changes in progesterone (P4) levels during and after pregnancy coincide with the temporary improvement and worsening of several autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Most likely immune-endocrine interactions play a major role in these pregnancy-induced effects. In this study, we used next generation sequencing to investigate the direct effects of P4 on CD4

Indexed as

AdultAutoimmune DiseasesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansLymphocyte ActivationPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsProgesteroneProgesteroneCD4+ T cellsprogesteroneprotein profilingT cell activationtranscriptomics

Identifiers

PMID34054852
PMCPMC8149943
OpenAlexW3161380628

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Registered trials

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