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ReviewHuman immunology2012

Nature and nurture in Foxp3(+) regulatory T cell development, stability, and function.

Terrence L Geiger, Sharyn Tauro

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Review in Human immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. CD4Journal of immunology research · 2019
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  7. CD4Journal of immunology research · 2018
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  8. Therapeutic immune monitoring of CD4Oncology letters · 2017
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  17. An increased population of regulatory T cells improves the pathophysiology of placental ischemia in a rat model of preeclampsia.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2015
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  20. Preeclampsia: long-term consequences for vascular health.Vascular health and risk management · 2015
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Terrence L GeigerDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. terrence.geiger@stjude.org
Sharyn Tauro
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNITY WITH REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTESR01AI056153 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI GEIGER, TERRENCE L · 2004 to 2013
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI056153
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foxp3(+) regulatory T lymphocytes (Treg) are critical homeostatic regulators of immune and inflammatory responses. Their absence leads to fulminant multiorgan autoimmunity. This review explores recent studies that have altered our emerging view of the development, stability, and plasticity of these cells. Treg appear not to be a single entity, but a family of immunomodulatory cell types with shared capabilities. On a first level, Treg may alternatively form in response to developmental cues in the thymus as a distinct lineage of CD4(+) T cells or adaptively, in response to environmental cues received by mature conventional CD4(+) T lymphocytes. These 2 populations bear distinct specificity, stability, and genetic profiles and are differentially used in immune responses. Secondarily, in a manner analogous to the generation of T helper (Th)-1, Th2, and other T cell subsets, Treg may further specialize, adapting to the needs of their immunologic surroundings. Treg therefore comprise developmentally distinct, functionally overlapping cell populations that are uniquely designed to preserve immunologic homeostasis. They combine an impressive degree of both stability and adaptability.

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Cellular MicroenvironmentHomeostasisAnimalsAutoimmunityCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell ProliferationHumansImmune SystemImmune ToleranceTh1-Th2 BalanceThymus GlandT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte Subsets

Identifiers

PMID22240298
PMCPMC3288961
OpenAlexW2018388708

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