Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21163636›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2011

Aire and T cell development.

Mark S Anderson, Maureen A Su

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Bridging the divide: unveiling mutual immunological pathways of cancer and pregnancy.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024
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  11. SEOM-GECP-GETTHI Clinical Guidelines for the treatment of patients with thymic epithelial tumours (2021).Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2022
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  15. Recent Advancements in Regenerative Approaches for Thymus Rejuvenation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021
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  16. Narrative review of immunotherapy in thymic malignancies.Translational lung cancer research · 2021
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8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mark S AndersonDiabetes Center and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. manderson@diabetes.ucsf.edu
Maureen A Su
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Aire-defieciency as a novel model of uveitisR01EY016408 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ANDERSON, MARK S · 2005 to 2013
$3.5M
A Novel Model of Autosomal Dominant AutoimmunityK08AI076429 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SU, MAUREEN A · 2008 to 2012
$654k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY016408NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI076429
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the thymus, developing T cells that react against self-antigens with high affinity are deleted in the process of negative selection. An essential component of this process is the display of self-antigens, including those whose expression are usually restricted to specific tissues, to developing T cells within the thymus. The Autoimmune Regulator (Aire) gene plays a crucial role in the expression of tissue specific self-antigens within the thymus, and disruption of Aire function results in spontaneous autoimmunity in both humans and mice. Recent advances have been made in our understanding of how Aire influences the expression of thousands of tissue-specific antigens in the thymus. Additional roles of Aire, including roles in chemokine and cytokine expression, have also been revealed. Factors important in the differentiation of Aire-expressing medullary thymic epithelial cells have been defined. Finally, the identity of antigen presenting cells in negative selection, including the role of medullary thymic epithelial cells in displaying tissue specific antigens to T cells, has also been clarified.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationAIRE ProteinAnimalsAutoimmunityEpithelial CellsHumansThymus GlandT-LymphocytesTranscription FactorsAIRE ProteinTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID21163636
PMCPMC3073725
OpenAlexW2009794923

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Registered trials

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