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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2011

Control of innate immunity by memory CD4 T cells.

Tara M Strutt, K Kai McKinstry, Susan L Swain

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Aging-induced fragility of the immune system.Journal of theoretical biology · 2021
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  12. T cell immunity to SARS-CoV-2 following natural infection and vaccination.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2021
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  14. Experimental ischemic stroke induces long-term T cell activation in the brain.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tara M Strutt
K Kai McKinstry
Susan L Swain
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

T cell memory to TB in the lungP01AI046530 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SWAIN, SUSAN L · 1999 to 2013
$22.2M
Impact of aging on naive CD4 T cell functionR37AG025805 · NIA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SWAIN, SUSAN L · 2005 to 2014
$3.9M
CD4 effector contraction in influenzaR01AI076534 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SWAIN, SUSAN L · 2009 to 2012
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI046530NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI076534NIA NIH HHS R37 AG025805
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How memory CD4 T cells contribute to protection upon pathogen -challenge is not fully understood. Beyond traditional helper functions for CD8 T cell and B cell responses, memory CD4 T cells can have a potent impact on the character and a magnitude of inflammatory responses. Here we discuss how memory CD4 T cell control of innate immunity at early time points after pathogen encounters can influence protective responses. We also discuss important aspects of the mechanism whereby memory CD4 T cells directly and indirectly impact the activation status of antigen-presenting cells and production of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines from multiple cell types. We suggest that control of innate immune responses by the adaptive immune system is a powerful protective mechanism associated with the memory state and represents an important fail-safe in the face of pathogens that fail to trigger robust inflammatory responses through conserved pattern recognition receptors.

Indexed as

CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunity, InnateImmunologic MemoryAnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsAntigens, ViralCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansInfluenza A virusLymphocyte ActivationMiceOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsReceptors, Pattern RecognitionAntigens, ViralCytokinesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIReceptors, Pattern Recognition

Identifiers

PMID21842365
PMCPMC3771518
OpenAlexW1507192983

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Registered trials

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