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ReviewTrends in immunology2011

Foxo: in command of T lymphocyte homeostasis and tolerance.

Weiming Ouyang, Ming O Li

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Weiming OuyangImmunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Ming O Li
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

TGF-beta and Common gamma-Chain Cytokine Crosstalk in T Cell RegulationR01AR060723 · NIAMS · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI LI, MING · 2010 to 2014
$2.0M
TGF-beta 1 Regulation of Peripheral T Cell ToleranceK01AR053595 · NIAMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, MING · 2006 to 2010
$691k
NIAMS NIH HHS K01 AR053595NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The forkhead box O (Foxo) family of transcription factors consists of the mammalian orthologs of the Caenorhabditis elegans longevity protein Daf-16, and has an evolutionarily conserved function in the regulation of nutrient sensing and stress responses. Recent studies have shown that Foxo proteins control expression of immune system-specific genes such as Il7ra in naïve T cells and Foxp3 in regulatory T cells, which are crucial regulators of T cell homeostasis and tolerance. These findings reveal that the ancient Foxo pathway has been co-opted to regulate highly specialized T cell activities. The Foxo pathway probably enables a diverse and self-tolerant population of T cells in the steady state, which is an important prerequisite for the establishment of a functional adaptive immune system.

Indexed as

Immune ToleranceAnimalsCell DifferentiationForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression RegulationHomeostasisHumansT-LymphocytesForkhead Transcription Factors

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PMID21106439
PMCPMC3053075
OpenAlexW2032163135

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