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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2009

The biology of FoxP3: a key player in immune suppression during infections, autoimmune diseases and cancer.

Frances Mercer, Derya Unutmaz

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frances MercerDepartment of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, Smilow Research Center, 522 First Avenue, Smilow Building Rm:1011, New York, New York 10016, USA.
Derya Unutmaz
New York University · US

Funding

INFECTIOUS DISEASES &BASIC MICROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMST32AI007180 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI WEISER, JEFFREY NEAL · 1985 to 2022
$8.9M
Immunobiology of Regulatory T Cells in HIV InfectionR01AI065303 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI UNUTMAZ, DERYA · 2005 to 2015
$4.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI065303NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007180
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Transcription factor FoxP3 belongs to the forkhead/winged-helix family of transcriptional regulators and shares general structural features with other FoxP family members. FoxP3 functions as a master of transcription for the development of regulatory T-cells (Treg cells) both in humans and in mice. Natural genetic mutations ofFoxP3 that disrupt its function in humans result in an autoimmune syndrome called Immune Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) and in mice, its deletion causes the Scurfy phenotype, with similar pathology. The finding that FoxP3 is required for the development and function of Tregs has led to an explosion of research in determining its regulation and function in the immune system. Understanding the biological properties of FoxP3 has a wide range of implications for immune tolerance, autoimmune disorders, inflammation and immune response to infectious diseases and cancer.

Indexed as

Immunosuppression TherapyAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansInfectionsNeoplasmsT-LymphocytesForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID20429415
PMCPMC3732823
OpenAlexW42400831

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