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ReviewMucosal immunology2011

Initiation and regulation of T-cell responses in tuberculosis.

K B Urdahl, S Shafiani, J D Ernst

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In one paragraph

Review in Mucosal immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 135 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
135citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.2field-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

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

135 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 257 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  15. Progress of single-cell sequencing technology in immunotherapy for tuberculosis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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75 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 at 3 institutions in 1 country.

K B UrdahlSeattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA. kevin.urdahl@seattlebiomed.org
S Shafiani
J D Ernst
Center for Infectious Disease Research · USNew York University · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Initiation of the Immune Response to M. tuberculosisR01AI051242 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ERNST, JOEL D. · 2002 to 2019
$8.3M
T regulatory cells and immunity in tuberculosisR01AI076327 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI URDAHL, KEVIN B · 2009 to 2018
$4.5M
Mycobacterium tuberculosis evasion of CD4+ T cells in vivoR01AI084041 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ERNST, JOEL D. · 2010 to 2015
$2.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051242NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI076327NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI084041
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) poses a great challenge to immunologists, as it represents a chronic infection characterized by persistence of the pathogen despite development of antigen-specific immune responses. Among the characteristics of adaptive immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a delay in the onset of detectable T-cell responses, in both humans and experimental animals. Recent studies have revealed mechanisms that contribute to this delay, including pathogen inhibition of apoptosis, delayed migration of dendritic cells from the lungs to the local lymph node, and influence of regulatory T cells. In addition, novel features of M. tuberculosis antigen-specific T-cell differentiation have been discovered, which reveal pathways that limit and promote immune control of infection. Taken together, these results highlight the need for additional basic research and provide optimism for the development of TB vaccines with greater efficacy.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsApoptosisCell DifferentiationCell MovementDendritic CellsHumansImmune EvasionMycobacterium tuberculosisT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTuberculosis, Pulmonary

Identifiers

PMID21451503
PMCPMC3206635
OpenAlexW1997698603

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