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ReviewNeuroscience insights2021

Adaptive Immune Responses Associated with the Central Nervous System Pathology of Gulf War Illness.

Aurore Nkiliza, Utsav Joshi, James E Evans, Ghania Ait-Ghezala, Megan Parks, Fiona Crawford, Michael Mullan, Laila Abdullah

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Review in Neuroscience insights, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aurore NkilizaRoskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-1142
Utsav JoshiRoskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5220-5639
James E EvansRoskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Ghania Ait-GhezalaRoskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Megan ParksRoskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Fiona CrawfordRoskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Michael MullanRoskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Laila AbdullahRoskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Roskamp Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gulf War Illness is a multisymptomatic condition which affects 30% of veterans from the 1991 Gulf War. While there is evidence for a role of peripheral cellular and humoral adaptive immune responses in Gulf War Illness, a potential role of the adaptive immune system in the central nervous system pathology of this condition remains unknown. Furthermore, many of the clinical features of Gulf War Illness resembles those of autoimmune diseases, but the biological processes are likely different as the etiology of Gulf War Illness is linked to hazardous chemical exposures specific to the Gulf War theatre. This review discusses Gulf War chemical-induced maladaptive immune responses and a potential role of cellular and humoral immune responses that may be relevant to the central nervous system symptoms and pathology of Gulf War Illness. The discussion may stimulate investigations into adaptive immunity for developing novel therapies for Gulf War Illness.

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adaptive immunitycentral nervous systemgulf war chemicalsGulf war syndrometherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID34104887
PMCPMC8155779
OpenAlexW3164722637

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