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ReviewAnnual review of immunology2010

Differentiation of effector CD4 T cell populations (*).

Jinfang Zhu, Hidehiro Yamane, William E Paul

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Review in Annual review of immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,854 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1,854citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
69.8field-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

1,854 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3,378 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jinfang ZhuLaboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1892, USA. jfzhu@niaid.nih.gov
Hidehiro Yamane
William E Paul
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Interleukin 4ZIAAI000493 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI GERMAIN, RONALD N · 2009 to 2017
$11.5M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AI999999NIAID NIH HHS Y99 AI999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD4 T cells play critical roles in mediating adaptive immunity to a variety of pathogens. They are also involved in autoimmunity, asthma, and allergic responses as well as in tumor immunity. During TCR activation in a particular cytokine milieu, naive CD4 T cells may differentiate into one of several lineages of T helper (Th) cells, including Th1, Th2, Th17, and iTreg, as defined by their pattern of cytokine production and function. In this review, we summarize the discovery, functions, and relationships among Th cells; the cytokine and signaling requirements for their development; the networks of transcription factors involved in their differentiation; the epigenetic regulation of their key cytokines and transcription factors; and human diseases involving defective CD4 T cell differentiation.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell LineageCytokinesHumansSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsCytokinesTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID20192806
PMCPMC3502616
OpenAlexW2152014155

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Registered trials

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