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ReviewCytokine2007

Interlinking interleukin-7.

Christina Kittipatarin, Annette R Khaled

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In one paragraph

Review in Cytokine, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
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  4. Bone and muscle crosstalk in ageing and disease.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2025
    Review
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  6. IL-7R Expression Correlates with Prognosis in Breast Cancer.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2025
    Article
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  10. The Role of IL-7 and IL-7R in Cancer Pathophysiology and Immunotherapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
    Review
  11. Observational
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  13. Interleukin-7 enhancesFrontiers in veterinary science · 2022
    Article
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christina KittipatarinBiomolecular Science Center, University of Central Florida, 12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826, USA.
Annette R Khaled
University of Central Florida · US

Funding

IL-7 and Lymphocyte Homeostasis: Life versus DeathR01CA109524 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA · PI KHALED, ANNETTE R · 2006 to 2009
$918k
Minority Predoctoral Fellowship ProgramF31GM073565 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA · PI KITTIPATARIN, CHRISTINA · 2006 to 2008
$93k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA109524NIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM073565
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The signaling processes that maintain the homeostatic proliferation of peripheral T-cells and result in their self-renewal largely remain to be elucidated. Much focus has been placed on the anti-apoptotic function of the cytokine, interleukin-7 (IL-7), during T-cell development. But a more critical role has been ascribed to IL-7 as a mediator of peripheral T-cell maintenance. The biological effects responsive to IL-7 signaling are transduced through only a few well-known pathways. In this review we will focus on the signals transduced by IL-7 and similar cytokines, examining how proliferative signals originate from cytokine receptors, are amplified and eventually alter gene expression. In this regard we will highlight the crosstalk between pathways that promote survival, drive cell cycle progression and most importantly provide the needed energy to sustain these critical cellular activities. Though this review showcases much of what has been learned about IL-7 proliferative signaling, it also reveals the significant gaps in our knowledge about cytokine signaling in the very relevant context of peripheral T-cell homeostasis.

Indexed as

Animalscdc25 PhosphatasesCell CycleCell ProliferationCell SizeCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Glucose Transporter Type 1HumansInterleukin-7Janus KinasesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReceptors, Interleukin-7Signal TransductionSTAT Transcription FactorsT-Lymphocytescdc25 PhosphatasesCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Glucose Transporter Type 1Interleukin-7Janus KinasesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReceptors, Interleukin-7STAT Transcription Factors

Identifiers

PMID17768066
PMCPMC2040031
OpenAlexW2004124297

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