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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Short- and Long-Lived Autoantibody-Secreting Cells in Autoimmune Neurological Disorders.

C Zografou, A G Vakrakou, P Stathopoulos

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Review 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 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

C ZografouInstitute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
A G VakrakouFirst Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
P StathopoulosFirst Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As B cells differentiate into antibody-secreting cells (ASCs), short-lived plasmablasts (SLPBs) are produced by a primary extrafollicular response, followed by the generation of memory B cells and long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs) in germinal centers (GCs). Generation of IgG4 antibodies is T helper type 2 (Th2) and IL-4, -13, and -10-driven and can occur parallel to IgE, in response to chronic stimulation by allergens and helminths. Although IgG4 antibodies are non-crosslinking and have limited ability to mobilize complement and cellular cytotoxicity, when self-tolerance is lost, they can disrupt ligand-receptor binding and cause a wide range of autoimmune disorders including neurological autoimmunity. In myasthenia gravis with predominantly IgG4 autoantibodies against muscle-specific kinase (MuSK), it has been observed that one-time CD20

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AutoantibodiesAutoimmunityB-LymphocytesHumansImmunoglobulin GMyasthenia GravisReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CholinergicRituximabAutoantibodiesImmunoglobulin GMUSK protein, humanReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CholinergicRituximabautoantibody-mediated disordersIgG4long-lived plasma cellsneurological autoimmunityrituximabshort-lived

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PMID34220839
PMCPMC8248361
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