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ArticlePhotodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine2022

Altered circulating memory T cells in vitiligo cases followed NB-UVB therapy.

Fuquan Lin, Xiukun Sun, Jiehao Lei, Ai-E Xu

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Article in Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 44% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Vitiligo.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2025
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Altered circulating memory T cells in vitiligo cases followed NB-UVB therapy.Photodermatology, photoimmunology & photomedicine · 2022
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fuquan LinDepartment of Dermatology, Hangzhou Third People's Hospital, Affiliated Hangzhou Dermatology Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xiukun SunDepartment of Dermatology, Hangzhou Third People's Hospital, Affiliated Hangzhou Dermatology Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jiehao LeiDepartment of Dermatology, Hangzhou Third People's Hospital, Affiliated Hangzhou Dermatology Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Ai-E XuDepartment of Dermatology, Hangzhou Third People's Hospital, Affiliated Hangzhou Dermatology Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou · CNZhejiang University · CN

Funding

Basic Public Welfare Research Project of Zhejiang Province LGF18H110002National Natural Science Foundation of China 81773335National Natural Science Foundation of China 81803131National Natural Science Foundation of China 82003322Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LY21H110002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVitiligo represents a commonly diagnosed autoimmune disease caused by the depletion of epidermal melanocytes. Many subsets of T cells contribute to vitiligo pathogenesis, including resident and circulating memory T cells.

objectivesTo analyze the amounts of CD4

methodsCirculating CD4

resultsPeripheral blood CD4

conclusionsDecreased frequencies of circulating CD4

Indexed as

Ultraviolet TherapyVitiligoHumansMelanocytesMemory T CellsSkin PigmentationTreatment Outcomememory T-cellNB-UVBvitiligo

Identifiers

PMID34265118
PMCPMC9292791
OpenAlexW3180672779

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