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ReviewImmunologic research1999

Function and regulation of memory CD4 T cells.

D P Metz, K Bottomly

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Review in Immunologic research, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D P MetzYale Medical School, Section of Immunobiology, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
K Bottomly
Yale University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of peripheral naive CD4 T cells is dependent on the success of positive selection of immature T cells in the thymus. Only thymocytes that express a T cell receptor (TCR) capable of recognizing self-MHC with low affinity are selected for survival and differentiation into mature naive T cells. Although the TCR of naive T cells has to maintain self-tolerance, it also propagates naive CD4 T cell proliferation on recognition of appropriate foreign peptide associated with MHC class II on antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Naive CD4 T cells that successfully engage foreign peptide undergo further differentiation that leads to the maturation of a select few into the memory T cell pool. Although the requirements that lead to memory T cell development are currently not known, functional changes have been described that are thought to be associated with the greater efficiency with which memory T cells respond to antigen. This article will discuss differences associated with signaling through the TCR of naive and memory CD4 T cells and describe unique control mechanisms imposed on memory CD4 T cells that are likely to have ari sen to counterbalance the altered TCR signaling.

Indexed as

ImmunoconjugatesImmunologic MemorySignal TransductionAbataceptAnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsAntigens, CDAntigens, DifferentiationCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCTLA-4 AntigenMiceReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicAbataceptAntigens, CDAntigens, DifferentiationCTLA-4 AntigenCtla4 protein, mouseImmunoconjugatesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID10493168
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