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ReviewBlood2022

Neutrophils in acute inflammation: current concepts and translational implications.

Andreas Margraf, Clifford A Lowell, Alexander Zarbock

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Review in Blood, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
113citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

113 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 178 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neutrophils as indicators of obesity-associated inflammation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  5. A Neutrophil Membrane-Encapsulated Pd/hCeOAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  8. From Glycocalyx Shedding to Microvascular Collapse in Sepsis: Endothelial Pathophysiology, Organ Dysfunction, and Mechanistic Biomarkers.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  9. Alveolar macrophage-neutrophil crosstalk in acute lung injury: mechanisms, feedback loops, and therapeutic opportunities.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  12. Role of neutrophils in regulating vascular permeability in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  19. Neutrophil kinetics ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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53 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Andreas MargrafDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6539-6478
Clifford A LowellDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.ORCID 0000-0002-0467-7073
Alexander ZarbockDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
Queen Mary University of London · GBUniversity Hospital Münster · DEUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Regulation of Innate Immune Signaling by Lyn KinaseR01AI113272 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOWELL, CLIFFORD A · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI113272
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modulation of neutrophil recruitment and function is crucial for targeting inflammatory cells to sites of infection to combat invading pathogens while, at the same time, limiting host tissue injury or autoimmunity. The underlying mechanisms regulating recruitment of neutrophils, 1 of the most abundant inflammatory cells, have gained increasing interest over the years. The previously described classical recruitment cascade of leukocytes has been extended to include capturing, rolling, adhesion, crawling, and transmigration, as well as a reverse-transmigration step that is crucial for balancing immune defense and control of remote organ endothelial leakage. Current developments in the field emphasize the importance of cellular interplay, tissue environmental cues, circadian rhythmicity, detection of neutrophil phenotypes, differential chemokine sensing, and contribution of distinct signaling components to receptor activation and integrin conformations. The use of therapeutics modulating neutrophil activation responses, as well as mutations causing dysfunctional neutrophil receptors and impaired signaling cascades, have been defined in translational animal models. Human correlates of such mutations result in increased susceptibility to infections or organ damage. This review focuses on current advances in the understanding of the regulation of neutrophil recruitment and functionality and translational implications of current discoveries in the field with a focus on acute inflammation and sepsis.

Indexed as

Neutrophil ActivationNeutrophilsAnimalsHumansInflammationIntegrinsNeutrophil InfiltrationIntegrins

Identifiers

PMID34624098
PMCPMC9728535
OpenAlexW3204905970

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Registered trials

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