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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Interleukin-21 in Viral Infections.

Hironobu Asao

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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 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Immune cell disorder in viral pneumonia.Journal of translational medicine · 2026
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  4. CD4Vaccines · 2025
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  14. Cytokines and microRNAs in SARS-CoV-2: What do we know?Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2022
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hironobu AsaoDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2 Iida-nishi, Yamagata City 990-9585, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1051-4799
Yamagata University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin (IL)-21 is a cytokine that affects the differentiation and function of lymphoid and myeloid cells and regulates both innate and adaptive immune responses. In addition to regulating the immune response to tumor and viral infections, IL-21 also has a profound effect on the development of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. IL-21 is produced mainly from CD4

Indexed as

Lymphocyte ActivationAnimalsB-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansInterleukin-21InterleukinsT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerInterleukin-21InterleukinsB cellCD4+ T cellCD8+ T cellfollicular helper T (Tfh) cellinterleukin (IL)-21T cell exhaustion

Identifiers

PMID34502427
PMCPMC8430989
OpenAlexW3197695552

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Registered trials

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