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ReviewTrends in immunology2011

Cytokines and the inception of CD8 T cell responses.

Maureen A Cox, Laurie E Harrington, Allan J Zajac

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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 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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73citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. Epigenetic Modifications in Vitiligo.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2025
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  14. Transcriptional rewiring in CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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  17. Inflammatory Cytokines That Enhance Antigen Responsiveness of Naïve CD8International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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13 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

3 authors.

Maureen A CoxDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
Laurie E Harrington
Allan J Zajac

Funding

IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES AND BASIC IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007051 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Laurie Ellen Harrington · 1985 to 2026
$13.1M
Regulation of T Cell Activity During Chronic InfectionsR01AI049360 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ZAJAC, ALLAN J · 2001 to 2019
$4.1M
IL- 21 and Immune Mediated Viral ControlU01AI082966 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ZAJAC, ALLAN J · 2009 to 2013
$2.3M
Regulation of effector CD4 T cell subsets during inflammatory bowel diseaseR01DK084082 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI HARRINGTON, LAURIE ELLEN · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
Helper-Dependent CD8 T Cell MemoryR01AI067993 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ZAJAC, ALLAN J · 2006 to 2009
$1.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049360NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067933NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067993NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007051NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI082966NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK084082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The activation and differentiation of CD8 T cells is a necessary first step that endows these cells with the phenotypic and functional properties required for the control of intracellular pathogens. The induction of the CD8 T cell responses typically results in the development of a massive overall population of effector cells, comprising both highly functional but short-lived terminally differentiated cells, as well as a smaller subset of precursors that are predisposed to survive and transition into the memory T cell pool. In this review, we discuss how inflammatory cytokines and IL-2 bias the initial response towards short-lived effector generation, and also highlight the potential counterbalancing role of IL-21.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunity, InnateImmunologic MemoryInflammationInterleukin-2Interleukin-21InterleukinsInterleukin-2Interleukin-21Interleukins

Identifiers

PMID21371940
PMCPMC3074938

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