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ReviewTropical medicine and infectious disease2024

Pro-Inflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Interleukins in Infectious Diseases: A Comprehensive Review.

Arwa A Al-Qahtani, Fatimah S Alhamlan, Ahmed Ali Al-Qahtani

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In one paragraph

Review in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 185 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
185citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
53.3field-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

185 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 228 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Biomarkers in Peri-Implant Crevicular Fluid of Healthy Implants and Those With Peri-Implant Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2025
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  8. Comparison of plasma cytokine expression in adult haematological malignancy patients with bacterial and/or fungal infections.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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125 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Arwa A Al-QahtaniDepartment of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 11432, Saudi Arabia.
Fatimah S AlhamlanDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1765-4310
Ahmed Ali Al-QahtaniDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4584-5739
Alfaisal University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukins (ILs) are signaling molecules that are crucial in regulating immune responses during infectious diseases. Pro-inflammatory ILs contribute to the activation and recruitment of immune cells, whereas anti-inflammatory ILs help to suppress excessive inflammation and promote tissue repair. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of the role of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory ILs in infectious diseases, with a focus on the mechanisms underlying their effects, their diagnostic and therapeutic potential, and emerging trends in IL-based therapies.

Indexed as

anti-inflammatorydiagnosisimmune responseinfectious diseasesinterleukinspro-inflammatorytherapy

Identifiers

PMID38251210
PMCPMC10818686
OpenAlexW4390581581

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