Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20870173›Full record

ReviewImmunity2010

The mammalian target of rapamycin: linking T cell differentiation, function, and metabolism.

Jonathan D Powell, Greg M Delgoffe

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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 290 papers.

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290citing papers in PubMed
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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

290 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. The role of mTOR activation in steroid-resistant asthma: insights from particulate matter-induced mouse model and patient studies.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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230 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jonathan D PowellSidney-Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
Greg M Delgoffe

Funding

A central role for mTOR in Determining T Cell Activation versus ToleranceR01AI077610 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI POWELL, JONATHAN D · 2009 to 2019
$4.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI077610NIAID NIH HHS R01AI077610-01A2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the two-signal model of T cell activation, the outcome of antigen recognition is determined by the integration of multiple cues in the immune microenvironment. mTOR is an evolutionarily conserved PI3-kinase family member that plays a central role in integrating environmental cues in the form of amino acids, energy, and growth factors. Recently, an increasingly important role for mTOR in directing T cell activation and differentiation has become apparent. Here we review recent findings demonstrating the ability of mTOR to interpret signals in the immune microenvironment and program the generation of CD4(+) effector versus regulatory T cells, the generation of CD8(+) effector versus memory cells, T cell trafficking, and T cell activation versus anergy. The key theme to emerge from these studies is that the central role of mTOR provides a direct link between T cell metabolism and function.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell MovementHumansImmunologic MemoryIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Multiprotein ComplexesProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesTh1 CellsT-LymphocytesTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTranscription FactorsCRTC2 protein, humanIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MTOR protein, humanMultiprotein ComplexesProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID20870173
PMCPMC2962404

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