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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

Neutrophils in COVID-19: Not Innocent Bystanders.

Ellen McKenna, Richard Wubben, Johana M Isaza-Correa, Ashanty M Melo, Aisling Ui Mhaonaigh, Niall Conlon, James S O'Donnell, Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Tim Hurley, Nigel J Stevenson and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed
10.3field-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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ellen McKennaDiscipline of Paediatrics, Dublin Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Richard WubbenViral Immunology Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland.
Johana M Isaza-CorreaDiscipline of Paediatrics, Dublin Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Ashanty M MeloDiscipline of Paediatrics, Dublin Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Aisling Ui MhaonaighTrinity Health Kidney Centre, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Niall ConlonDepartment of Immunology, St James' Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
James S O'DonnellIrish Centre for Vascular Biology, Dublin, Ireland.
Clíona Ní CheallaighDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Science, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Tim HurleyDiscipline of Paediatrics, Dublin Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Nigel J StevensonViral Immunology Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland.
Mark A LittleTrinity Health Kidney Centre, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Eleanor J MolloyDiscipline of Paediatrics, Dublin Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Trinity College Dublin · IENational Children’s Research Centre · IESt. James's Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unusually for a viral infection, the immunological phenotype of severe COVID-19 is characterised by a depleted lymphocyte and elevated neutrophil count, with the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio correlating with disease severity. Neutrophils are the most abundant immune cell in the bloodstream and comprise different subpopulations with pleiotropic actions that are vital for host immunity. Unique neutrophil subpopulations vary in their capacity to mount antimicrobial responses, including NETosis (the generation of neutrophil extracellular traps), degranulation and

Indexed as

COVID-19Extracellular TrapsHumansNeutrophilsSARS-CoV-2Systemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeCOVID-19inflammationinnate immunityneutrophilSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID35720378
PMCPMC9199383
OpenAlexW4281667013

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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