Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20732639›Full record

ReviewImmunity2010

Interleukin-2 receptor signaling: at the interface between tolerance and immunity.

Thomas R Malek, Iris Castro

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Review in Immunity, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 433 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
433citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.8field-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

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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

433 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 827 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas R MalekDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, PO Box 01960, Miami, FL 33101, USA. tmalek@med.miami.edu
Iris Castro
University of Miami · US

Funding

REGULATION OF ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITYP01CA109094 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DEYEV, VADIM V · 2007 to 2011
$6.2M
The immunobiology of CD4+ CD25+ T regulatory cellsR01AI055815 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MALEK, THOMAS R · 2004 to 2015
$3.5M
THE INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR &T LYMPHOCYTE GROWTHR01CA045957 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MALEK, THOMAS R · 1987 to 2010
$3.0M
T cell immunity and cytokine receptor signalingR56AI040114 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MALEK, THOMAS R · 2008 to 2009
$765k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA109094NCI NIH HHS P01CA109094NCI NIH HHS R01 CA045957NCI NIH HHS R01CA45957NIAID NIH HHS 3R56AI40114NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI055815NIAID NIH HHS R01AI055815NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI040114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) signaling regulates tolerance and immunity. Here, we review recent work concerning the structure, signaling, and function of the IL-2R, emphasizing the contribution of IL-2 for T cell-dependent activity in vivo. IL-2R signaling influences two discrete aspects of immune responses by CD8(+) T cells, terminal differentiation of effector cells in primary responses, and aspects of memory recall responses. IL-2 also delivers essential signals for thymic development of regulatory T (Treg) cells and later to promote their homeostasis and function. Each of these outcomes on T effector and Treg cells requires distinct amounts of IL-2R signaling, with low IL-2R signaling sufficient for many key aspects of Treg cells. Thus, tolerance is readily maintained and favored with limited IL-2.

Indexed as

Immune ToleranceImmunitySignal TransductionAnimalsHumansImmunologic MemoryReceptors, Interleukin-2T-LymphocytesReceptors, Interleukin-2

Identifiers

PMID20732639
PMCPMC2946796
OpenAlexW1974313653

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