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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2021

Lactate Is a Metabolic Mediator That Shapes Immune Cell Fate and Function.

Heather L Caslin, Daniel Abebayehu, Julia A Pinette, John J Ryan

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 164 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The role of lactate in retinal health and disease: mechanisms and potential therapeutic strategies. A narrative review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  15. A novel cultivation strategy to recover NK cell cytotoxicity.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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40 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Heather L CaslinDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Daniel AbebayehuDepartment of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Julia A PinetteDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
John J RyanDepartment of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 20POST35120547 - HEATHER CASLIN
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lactate and the associated H

Indexed as

immuneimmunometabolismimmunosuppressioninflammationlactatelactic acidM2Th17

Identifiers

PMID34733170
PMCPMC8558259
OpenAlexW3207830618

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Registered trials

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