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ReviewNature immunology2017

Interleukin 17 is a chief orchestrator of immunity.

Marc Veldhoen

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Review in Nature immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 262 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
262citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

262 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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202 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

1 author.

Marc VeldhoenInstituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1478-9562

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E021638/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/B/000C0409
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased understanding of the biology of interleukin 17 (IL-17) has revealed that this cytokine is a central player in immunity at the sites most exposed to microorganisms. Although it has been strongly associated with immunopathology, IL-17 also has an important role in host defense. The regulation of IL-17 secretion seems to be shared among various cell types, each of which can concomitantly secrete additional products. IL-17 has only modest activity on its own; its impact in immunity arises from its synergistic action with other factors, its self-sustaining feedback loop and, in some cases, its role as a counterpart of interferon-γ (IFN-γ). Together these attributes provide a robust response against microorganisms, but they can equally contribute to immune pathology. Here we focus on a discussion of the role of IL-17 during infection.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsArthritis, RheumatoidFeedbackHumansImmunity, InnateInfectionsInterferon-gammaInterleukin-17MiceNeoplasmsPsoriasisInterferon-gammaInterleukin-17

Identifiers

PMID28518156

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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