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ReviewJournal of immunology research2021

Th17 Cells in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Cytokines, Plasticity, and Therapies.

Junjun Zhao, Qiliang Lu, Yang Liu, Zhan Shi, Linjun Hu, Zhi Zeng, Yifeng Tu, Zunqiang Xiao, Qiuran Xu

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Review in Journal of immunology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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79citing papers in PubMed
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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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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

79 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. Fibrosis in Immune-Mediated and Autoimmune Disorders.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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19 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

9 authors.

Junjun ZhaoGraduate Department, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233030, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0355-3407
Qiliang LuThe Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8252-2563
Yang LiuThe Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China.
Zhan ShiThe Second Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China.
Linjun HuThe Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China.
Zhi ZengThe Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China.
Yifeng TuThe Second Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China.
Zunqiang XiaoThe Second Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China.
Qiuran XuThe Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-9279

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, autoimmune bowel disease) are a complex disease. Improper activation of the immune system or imbalance of immune cells can cause the immune system to transform into a proinflammatory state, leading to autoimmune pathological damage. Recent studies have shown that autoimmune diseases are closely related to CD4+ T helper cells (Th). The original CD4 T cells will differentiate into different T helper (Th) subgroups after activation. According to their cytokines, the types of Th cells are different to produce lineage-specific cytokines, which play a role in autoimmune homeostasis. When Th differentiation and its cytokines are not regulated, it will induce autoimmune inflammation. Autoimmune bowel disease (IBD) is an autoimmune disease of unknown cause. Current research shows that its pathogenesis is closely related to Th17 cells. This article reviews the role and plasticity of the upstream and downstream cytokines and signaling pathways of Th17 cells in the occurrence and development of autoimmune bowel disease and summarizes the new progress of IBD immunotherapy.

Indexed as

Disease SusceptibilityAnimalsBiomarkersCell PlasticityCytokinesDisease ManagementHumansInflammation MediatorsInflammatory Bowel DiseasesMicrobiotaTh17 CellsT-Lymphocyte SubsetsBiomarkersCytokinesInflammation Mediators

Identifiers

PMID33553436
PMCPMC7846404

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