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ReviewWorld journal of transplantation2023

Anti-thymocyte globulin for treatment of T-cell-mediated allograft rejection.

Sumit Acharya, Suraj Lama, Durga Anil Kanigicherla

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Review in World journal of transplantation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sumit AcharyaDepartment of Nephrology, Shahid Dharmabhakta National Transplant Center, Bhaktapur 44800, Nepal.
Suraj LamaDepartment of Nephrology, Shahid Dharmabhakta National Transplant Center, Bhaktapur 44800, Nepal. suraj_bhaju@yahoo.com.
Durga Anil KanigicherlaDepartment of Renal Medicine, Manchester University NHS Foun dation Trust, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom.
Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital · NPManchester University NHS Foundation Trust · GBNational Grid (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is a pivotal immunosuppressive therapy utilized in the management of T-cell-mediated rejection and steroid-resistant rejection among renal transplant recipients. Commercially available as Thymoglobulin (rabbit-derived, Sanofi, United States), ATG-Fresenius S (rabbit-derived), and ATGAM (equine-derived, Pfizer, United States), these formulations share a common mechanism of action centered on their interaction with cell surface markers of immune cells, imparting immunosuppressive effects. Although the prevailing mechanism predominantly involves T-cell depletion

Indexed as

Anti-thymocyte globulinBiopsy confirmed acute rejectionSteroid-resistant rejectionT-cell-mediated rejection

Identifiers

PMID38174145
PMCPMC10758678
OpenAlexW4389785399

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