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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

Interleukin-6 inhibition in the treatment of autoinflammatory diseases.

Tomohiro Koga, Atsushi Kawakami

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomohiro KogaDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Atsushi KawakamiDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
Nagasaki University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoinflammatory diseases are characterized by abnormalities that prevent innate immune cells from producing autoantibodies. While interleukin (IL)-6 is not directly associated with inflammasomes, like IL-1β or IL-18, it plays an important role in the pathogenesis of autoinflammatory diseases. Studies of autoinflammatory diseases, such as familial Mediterranean fever, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, and tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome, have shown IL-6 to be a promising therapeutic target. It has also been suggested that inhibition of IL-6 may have a therapeutic effect on amyloidosis, which is frequently associated with these chronic inflammatory diseases. In this study, we discuss the most recent research on the role of IL-6 in autoinflammatory diseases and its potential as a therapeutic target in their treatment.

Indexed as

Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic SyndromesFamilial Mediterranean FeverHereditary Autoinflammatory DiseasesHumansInflammasomesInterleukin-6InflammasomesInterleukin-6amyloidosisautoinflammatory diseasesfamilial mediterranean feverinflammasomeinterleukin-6

Identifiers

PMID35958618
PMCPMC9360993
OpenAlexW4287958999

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