Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19272184›Full record

ReviewJournal of biomedical science2009

Regulation of multi-organ inflammation in the regulatory T cell-deficient scurfy mice.

Rahul Sharma, Sun-sang Joe Sung, Shu Man Fu, Shyr-Te Ju

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Review in Journal of biomedical science, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Maternal Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2)+ CD4 T cells promote fertility and fetal tolerance.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. Towards gene therapy for IPEX syndrome.European journal of immunology · 2022
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  11. The expanding impact of T-regs in the skin.Frontiers in immunology · 2022
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  16. Probiotics in Disease Prevention and Treatment.Journal of clinical pharmacology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rahul SharmaCenter for Immunity, Inflammation, and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. rs3wn@virginia.edu
Sun-sang Joe Sung
Shu Man Fu
Shyr-Te Ju
University of Virginia · US

Funding

Cellular and Genetic Basis of Systemic LupusR01AR047988 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI FU, SHU MAN · 2001 to 2020
$8.4M
SPECIALIZED CENTER OF RESEARCH ON SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMP50AR045222 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI FU, SHU MAN · 1998 to 2006
$7.9M
HLA-D Region Systemic Lupus Erythematosus PathogenesisR01AR049449 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI FU, SHU MAN · 2005 to 2015
$4.2M
Regulatory T Cell-Deficient Mouse Model Rapidly Develops Sjogren's SyndromeR01DE017570 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI JU, SHYR-TE · 2006 to 2010
$1.7M
End Organ Failure Controlled by IL-2 and FasR01AR051203 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI JU, SHYR-TE · 2005 to 2009
$1.6M
CD103+ Dendritic Cells and Regulatory T cells in Food AllergyR21AI079906 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI SUNG, SUN-SANG JOSEPH · 2008 to 2009
$464k
NIAID NIH HHS AI-079906NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI079906NIAMS NIH HHS AR-045222NIAMS NIH HHS AR-047988NIAMS NIH HHS AR-049449NIAMS NIH HHS AR-051203NIAMS NIH HHS P50 AR045222NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR047988NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR049449NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR051203NIDCR NIH HHS DE-017579NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scurfy mice display the most severe form of multi-organ inflammation due to total lack of the CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Treg) resulted from a mutation of the X-linked transcription factor Foxp3. A large repertoire of Treg-suppressible, inflammation-inducing T cells was demonstrated by adoptive transfer experiments using Rag1-/- mice as recipients and by prolongation of lifespan through breeding with Faslpr/lpr mutant. Inflammation in the ear, eyes, skin, tail, salivary glands, lungs, stomach, pancreas, liver, small intestine, colon, skeletal muscle, and accessory reproductive organs are identified. Genetic and cellular regulations of specific organ inflammation are described. Sf mice may be useful for the identification of organ-specific antigens and Treg capable of suppressing inflammation in an organ-specific manner. Sf mice are also useful to determine the important inflammation process at the checkpoint after Treg regulation using genetic analysis through breeding.

Indexed as

AnimalsHomeodomain ProteinsInflammationMiceMice, Inbred StrainsSkinT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsHomeodomain ProteinsRAG-1 protein

Identifiers

PMID19272184
PMCPMC2653523
OpenAlexW2114254500

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