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ReviewImmunity2011

CD8(+) T cells: foot soldiers of the immune system.

Nu Zhang, Michael J Bevan

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Review in Immunity, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 605 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
605citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
21.9field-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

605 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,068 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. CD8Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2026
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545 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.

Nu ZhangDepartment of Immunology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. nuz@uw.edu
Michael J Bevan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

CYTOTOXIC RESPONSE TO HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENSR01AI019335 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BEVAN, MICHAEL J · 1985 to 2012
$4.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI019335
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resting naive CD8(+) T cells have an astounding capacity to react to pathogens by massive expansion and differentiation into cytotoxic effector cells that migrate to all corners of the body to clear the infection. The initial interaction with antigen-presenting cells in the central lymphoid organs drives an orchestrated program of differentiation aimed at producing sufficient numbers of effectors to get the job done without resulting in clonal exhaustion. Interactions with antigen-presenting cells and other immune cells continue at the site of infection to regulate further on-site expansion and differentiation, all with the goal of protecting the host with minimal bystander tissue damage. Here we review recent advances in CD8(+) T cell recognition of antigen in lymphoid as well as in nonlymphoid tissues in the periphery, and how CD8(+) T cell expansion and differentiation are controlled in these contexts.

Indexed as

Lymphocyte ActivationAnimalsAntigen PresentationCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCell MovementCell ProliferationCytokinesCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHomeostasisHumansImmune SystemImmunologic MemoryTh1-Th2 BalanceCytokinesHistocompatibility Antigens Class I

Identifiers

PMID21867926
PMCPMC3303224
OpenAlexW2068046103

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Registered trials

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