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ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2010

Inflammatory cytokines as a third signal for T cell activation.

Julie M Curtsinger, Matthew F Mescher

Registry-linked trialAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02632019 (A Clinical Study of Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy Using Precision T Cells Specific to Personalized Neo-antigen in Treating Patients With Advanced Malignant Tumor of Biliary Tract), which is not on this map. Cited by 359 papers.

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359citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT02632019 phase1 / phase2unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

A Clinical Study of Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy Using Precision T Cells Specific to Personalized Neo-antigen in Treating Patients With Advanced Malignant Tumor of Biliary Tract

TypeinterventionalSponsorSecond Military Medical UniversityRan2015 to 2017Enrolled40ConditionsAdvanced Biliary Tract Malignant TumorArmsGemcitabine, Dendritic cell-precision T cell for neo-antigen combined with gemcitabine treatment
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

359 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Jump-starting the T cell response in established tumors.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  16. T cell adaptation in chronic infections and tumors.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2026
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  19. Pyroptosis: Turning Up the Heat on Cancer.Annual review of immunology · 2026
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  20. Exercise and CD8Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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299 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Julie M CurtsingerCenter for Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Matthew F Mescher

Funding

Type I interferons in tolerance in the steady stateP01AI035296 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI JENKINS, MARC KEVIN · 1993 to 2023
$31.1M
CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION IN VITRO AND IN VIVOR01AI034824 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI MESCHER, MATTHEW FRANKLIN · 1993 to 2013
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI035296NIAID NIH HHS P01AI35296NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI034824NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI34824
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD8 T cells require a third signal, along with Ag and costimulation, to make a productive response and avoid death and/or tolerance induction. Recent studies indicate that IL-12 and Type I IFN (IFNalpha/beta) are the major sources of signal 3 in a variety of responses, and that the two cytokines stimulate a common regulatory program involving altered expression of about 350 genes. Signal 3-driven chromatin remodeling is likely to play a major role in this regulation. Although less well studied, there is emerging evidence that CD4 T cells may also require a 'third signal' for a productive response and that IL-1 can provide this signal. Signal 3 cytokines can replace adjuvants in supporting in vivo T cell responses to peptide and protein antigens, and a better understanding of their activities and mechanisms should contribute to more rational design of vaccines.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesGene Expression RegulationHumansInflammationLymphocyte ActivationMiceT-LymphocytesCytokines

Identifiers

PMID20363604
PMCPMC2891062

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