Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34618359›Full record

ReviewFEBS letters2022

Making sense of IL-6 signalling cues in pathophysiology.

David Millrine, Robert H Jenkins, Stuart T O Hughes, Simon A Jones

Open access · hybridAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in FEBS letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interleukin-6 is critical in the development of pulmonary vascular disease inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Endogenous mediators in regulating primary dysmenorrhea.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Review
  14. Glutamic-acid grafted hyaluronic acid inhibits inflammatory factors via fibroblast and skin model tests.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2024
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
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 2 countries.

David MillrineDivision of Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK.
Robert H JenkinsDivision of Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK.
Stuart T O HughesDivision of Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK.
Simon A JonesDivision of Infection & Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7297-9711
Institute of Infection and Immunity · CA

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/X00077X/1Versus Arthritis 20770Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unravelling the molecular mechanisms that account for functional pleiotropy is a major challenge for researchers in cytokine biology. Cytokine-receptor cross-reactivity and shared signalling pathways are considered primary drivers of cytokine pleiotropy. However, reports epitomized by studies of Jak-STAT cytokine signalling identify interesting biochemical and epigenetic determinants of transcription factor regulation that affect the delivery of signal-dependent cytokine responses. Here, a regulatory interplay between STAT transcription factors and their convergence to specific genomic enhancers support the fine-tuning of cytokine responses controlling host immunity, functional identity, and tissue homeostasis and repair. In this review, we provide an overview of the signalling networks that shape the way cells sense and interpret cytokine cues. With an emphasis on the biology of interleukin-6, we highlight the importance of these mechanisms to both physiological processes and pathophysiological outcomes.

Indexed as

CuesInterleukin-6CytokinesJanus KinasesSignal TransductionSTAT Transcription FactorsCytokinesInterleukin-6Janus KinasesSTAT Transcription Factorsarthritiscytokine receptorscytokinesepigeneticsinflammationinterleukinJak-STAT signallingmicroRNApathophysiologySTAT transcription factors

Identifiers

PMID34618359
PMCPMC9673051
OpenAlexW3204925228

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.