Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20644572›Full record

ReviewNature immunology2010

Decision checkpoints in the thymus.

Andrea C Carpenter, Rémy Bosselut

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Review in Nature immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 165 papers.

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165citing papers in PubMed
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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

165 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. T Cell Development: From T-Lineage Specification to Intrathymic Maturation.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  16. Glucocorticoids impair T lymphopoiesis after myocardial infarction.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2024
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105 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Andrea C CarpenterLaboratory of Immune Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Rémy Bosselut

Funding

Genetic Analysis of T-cell DifferentiationZIABC010671 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI BOSSELUT, REMY · 2009 to 2025
$34.3M
Genetic Analysis of T-cell DifferentiationZ01BC010671 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI BOSSELUT, REMY · 2005 to 2008
$2.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010671Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010671NCI NIH HHS Y99 CA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of T cells in the thymus involves several differentiation and proliferation events, during which hematopoietic precursors give rise to T cells ready to respond to antigen stimulation and undergo effector differentiation. This review addresses signaling and transcriptional checkpoints that control the intrathymic journey of T cell precursors. We focus on the divergence of alphabeta and gammadelta lineage cells and the elaboration of the alphabeta T cell repertoire, with special emphasis on the emergence of transcriptional programs that direct lineage decisions.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageGene Expression RegulationHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaSignal TransductionThymus GlandT-LymphocytesTranscription, GeneticReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta

Identifiers

PMID20644572
PMCPMC3388799

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