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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Crosstalk between Metabolic Disorders and Immune Cells.

Shinichi Saitoh, Koen Van Wijk, Osamu Nakajima

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. miRNAs and T cell-mediated Immune Response in Disease.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2025
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  18. Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress in Metabolic Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Shinichi SaitohDepartment of Immunology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7523-8177
Koen Van WijkResearch Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Promotion of Medical Science Research, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Osamu NakajimaResearch Center for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Promotion of Medical Science Research, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Yamagata University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome results from multiple risk factors that arise from insulin resistance induced by abnormal fat deposition. Chronic inflammation owing to obesity primarily results from the recruitment of pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages into the adipose tissue stroma, as the adipocytes within become hypertrophied. During obesity-induced inflammation in adipose tissue, pro-inflammatory cytokines are produced by macrophages and recruit further pro-inflammatory immune cells into the adipose tissue to boost the immune response. Here, we provide an overview of the biology of macrophages in adipose tissue and the relationship between other immune cells, such as CD4+ T cells, natural killer cells, and innate lymphoid cells, and obesity and type 2 diabetes. Finally, we discuss the link between the human pathology and immune response and metabolism and further highlight potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of metabolic disorders.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesHumansImmunity, InnateInsulin ResistanceKiller Cells, NaturalCytokines5-aminolevulinic acidCD4+ T cellschronic inflammationcytokineinnate lymphoid cellsM1/M2 macrophagesmesenchymal stem cellsnatural killer cellsnon-obese metabolic disorderobesity

Identifiers

PMID34576181
PMCPMC8469678
OpenAlexW3201124947

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