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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2012

CD8(+) T cells in leishmania infections: friends or foes?

Simona Stäger, Sima Rafati

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Simona StägerInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Armand Frappier, Université du Québec Laval, QC, Canada.
Sima Rafati
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique · CAPasteur Institute of Iran · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Host protection against several intracellular pathogens requires the induction of CD8(+) T cell responses. CD8(+) T cells are potent effector cells that can produce high amounts of pro-inflammatory cytokines and kill infected target cells efficiently. However, a protective role for CD8(+) T cells during Leishmania infections is still controversial and largely depends on the infection model. In this review, we discuss the role of CD8(+) T cells during various types of Leishmania infections, following vaccination, and as potential immunotherapeutic targets.

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CD8 T cellsimmunologyLeishmania

Identifiers

PMID22566891
PMCPMC3342007
OpenAlexW2112968886

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