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ReviewSpringer seminars in immunopathology2006

Regulatory T cells in human autoimmune diseases.

Troy R Torgerson

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Review in Springer seminars in immunopathology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Functional defect in regulatory T cells in myasthenia gravis.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2012
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  13. Development of thymically derived natural regulatory T cells.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2010
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  16. IL-12R beta 2 promotes the development of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2008
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  19. IPEX as a result of mutations in FOXP3.Clinical & developmental immunology · 2007
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Troy R TorgersonDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington, 307 Westlake Ave. N., Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. troy.torgerson@seattlechildrens.org
University of Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the most simplistic terms, immune tolerance can be envisioned as a balance with autoreactive cells that arise naturally in all individuals on one side and regulatory mechanisms designed to counter those autoreactive processes on the other. A tilt of the balance toward the autoreactive side, either by increasing the number or function of autoreactive cells or by diminishing regulatory mechanisms, is manifested as autoimmunity. In contrast, tilting of the balance toward increased regulation could conceivably cause immunodeficiency. Regulatory T cells (T(REG)), and particularly the naturally arising CD4(+)CD25(+) subset of T(REG) cells, provide a substantial component of the autoimmune counterbalance. The identification of forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) as a critical determinant of CD4(+)CD25(+) T(REG) development and function has provided new opportunities and generated expanded interest in studying the delicate balance between autoimmunity and regulatory mechanisms in human autoimmune diseases. Identification of both human and mouse syndromes in which FOXP3 is mutated, and consequently CD4(+)CD25(+) T(REG) cells are absent, has led to a rapid accumulation of knowledge regarding T(REG) development and function over the past 5 years. The recent development of antibody reagents to specifically identify CD4(+)CD25(+) T(REG) cells by their FOXP3 expression has provided new tools to identify these elusive cells and investigate their role in human disease. This review will focus on the current state of knowledge regarding the role of T(REG) in human autoimmune diseases and on specific human immunodeficiencies that provide interesting models of autoimmunity.

Indexed as

Immune ToleranceAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansMiceMutationT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, human

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PMID16902772
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