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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Enigma of Eosinophil Degranulation.

Timothée Fettrelet, Lea Gigon, Alexander Karaulov, Shida Yousefi, Hans-Uwe Simon

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Research advances on the role of eosinophils in acute liver injury].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2026
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  10. Activation of donor-derived eosinophils during static storage contributes to primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026
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  13. [Research Progress on the Biological Functions of Intestinal Eosinophils and Related Diseases].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Timothée FettreletInstitute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Inselspital, INO-F, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1704-6016
Lea GigonInstitute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Inselspital, INO-F, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Alexander KaraulovDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Sechenov University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-1930-5424
Shida YousefiInstitute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Inselspital, INO-F, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9855-4305
Hans-Uwe SimonInstitute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Inselspital, INO-F, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
University of Bern · CHSechenov University · RU

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 310030_184816
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophils are specialized white blood cells, which are involved in the pathology of diverse allergic and nonallergic inflammatory diseases. Eosinophils are traditionally known as cytotoxic effector cells but have been suggested to additionally play a role in immunomodulation and maintenance of homeostasis. The exact role of these granule-containing leukocytes in health and diseases is still a matter of debate. Degranulation is one of the key effector functions of eosinophils in response to diverse stimuli. The different degranulation patterns occurring in eosinophils (piecemeal degranulation, exocytosis and cytolysis) have been extensively studied in the last few years. However, the exact mechanism of the diverse degranulation types remains unknown and is still under investigation. In this review, we focus on recent findings and highlight the diversity of stimulation and methods used to evaluate eosinophil degranulation.

Indexed as

Cell DegranulationEosinophilsExtracellular TrapsHumansHypersensitivitycytolysisdegranulationeosinophil extracellular trapeosinophilsexocytosisgranule proteinspiecemeal degranulation

Identifiers

PMID34209362
PMCPMC8268949
OpenAlexW3175183603

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