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ReviewImmunological reviews2012

mTOR, metabolism, and the regulation of T-cell differentiation and function.

Adam T Waickman, Jonathan D Powell

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 265 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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265citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.1field-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

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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

265 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 405 citations in OpenAlex.

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205 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.

Adam T WaickmanDepartment of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
Jonathan D Powell
Johns Hopkins University · USSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

Understand the metabolic fitness of naïve T cellsP01AI091580 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ARTHUR WEISS · 2011 to 2026
$31.1M
CELLULAR &MOLECULAR MECH OF INFLAMMATORY REACTIONST32AI007247 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Joel L Pomerantz · 1985 to 2026
$10.2M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCEST32GM008568 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ANSEL, KARL MARK · 1995 to 2019
$6.3M
A central role for mTOR in Determining T Cell Activation versus ToleranceR01AI077610 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI POWELL, JONATHAN D · 2009 to 2019
$4.0M
Loss of Intrinsic Control in Autoimmune T Helper Cells with Signaling VariantsR01AI104789 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ROOSE, JEROEN · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
Transplantation tolerance and immune function following mTOR inhibition.R01AI091481 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI POWELL, JONATHAN D · 2010 to 2013
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI091580NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI077610NIAID NIH HHS R01AI077610NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091481NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091481-01NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI104789NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007247NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008568
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upon antigen recognition, naive T cells undergo rapid expansion and activation. The energy requirements for this expansion are formidable, and T-cell activation is accompanied by dramatic changes in cellular metabolism. Furthermore, the outcome of antigen engagement is guided by multiple cues derived from the immune microenvironment. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is emerging as a central integrator of these signals playing a critical role in driving T-cell differentiation and function. Indeed, multiple metabolic programs are controlled by mTOR signaling. In this review, we discuss the role of mTOR in regulating metabolism and how these pathways intersect with the ability of mTOR to integrate cues that guide the outcome of T-cell receptor engagement.

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismLymphocyte ActivationAnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansPentose Phosphate PathwayReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesMTOR protein, humanReceptors, Antigen, T-CellTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID22889214
PMCPMC3419491
OpenAlexW2151422820

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