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ReviewNutrients2023

The Role of Lipids in the Regulation of Immune Responses.

Chelsea Garcia, Catherine J Andersen, Christopher N Blesso

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Review in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.9field-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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 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.

Chelsea GarciaDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7681-695X
Catherine J AndersenDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9774-5030
Christopher N BlessoDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4434-4839
University of Connecticut · US

Funding

United States Department of Agriculture 2020-67018-30850
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid metabolism plays a major role in the regulation of the immune system. Exogenous (dietary and microbial-derived) and endogenous (non-microbial-derived) lipids play a direct role in regulating immune cell activation, differentiation and expansion, and inflammatory phenotypes. Understanding the complexities of lipid-immune interactions may have important implications for human health, as certain lipids or immune pathways may be beneficial in circumstances of acute infection yet detrimental in chronic inflammatory diseases. Further, there are key differences in the lipid effects between specific immune cell types and location (e.g., gut mucosal vs. systemic immune cells), suggesting that the immunomodulatory properties of lipids may be tissue-compartment-specific, although the direct effect of dietary lipids on the mucosal immune system warrants further investigation. Importantly, there is recent evidence to suggest that lipid-immune interactions are dependent on sex, metabolic status, and the gut microbiome in preclinical models. While the lipid-immune relationship has not been adequately established in/translated to humans, research is warranted to evaluate the differences in lipid-immune interactions across individuals and whether the optimization of lipid-immune interactions requires precision nutrition approaches to mitigate or manage disease. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms by which lipids regulate immune responses and the influence of dietary lipids on these processes, highlighting compelling areas for future research.

Indexed as

Dietary FatsImmune SystemImmunityLipid MetabolismLipidsAnimalsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansInflammationDietary FatsLipidsimmune responselipidssaturated fatssphingolipidsunsaturated fatty acidsWestern-type diet

Identifiers

PMID37764683
PMCPMC10535783
OpenAlexW4386496288

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