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ReviewCells2021

The Role of Th17 Response in COVID-19.

Diana Martonik, Anna Parfieniuk-Kowerda, Magdalena Rogalska, Robert Flisiak

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
95citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

95 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. COVID-19 pandemic: the delta variant, T-cell responses, and the efficacy of developing vaccines.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2022
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  15. A pain from the nose to the head: neurological commitment during long COVID.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Diana MartonikDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9183-602X
Anna Parfieniuk-KowerdaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland.
Magdalena RogalskaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9895-9361
Robert FlisiakDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-540 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3394-1635
Medical University of Białystok · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 is an acute infectious disease of the respiratory system caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2). Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infections occurs through droplets and contaminated objects. A rapid and well-coordinated immune system response is the first line of defense in a viral infection. However, a disturbed and over-activated immune response may be counterproductive, causing damage to the body. Severely ill patients hospitalised with COVID-19 exhibit increased levels of many cytokines, including Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17, granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Increasing evidence suggests that Th17 cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of COVID-19, not only by activating cytokine cascade but also by inducing Th2 responses, inhibiting Th1 differentiation and suppressing Treg cells. This review focuses on a Th17 pathway in the course of the immune response in COVID-19, and explores plausible targets for therapeutic intervention.

Indexed as

COVID-19CytokinesHumansImmunity, CellularImmunotherapy, AdoptiveSARS-CoV-2Th17 CellsCytokinesCOVID-19 pneumoniacytokinesSARS-CoV-2Th17 response

Identifiers

PMID34205262
PMCPMC8235311
OpenAlexW3177001329

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