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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2012

Consortium biology in immunology: the perspective from the Immunological Genome Project.

Christophe Benoist, Lewis Lanier, Miriam Merad, Diane Mathis, Immunological Genome Project

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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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

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Innateness transcriptome gradients characterize mouse T lymphocyte populations.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2025
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  11. Targeted PET imaging strategy to differentiate malignant from inflamed lymph nodes in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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  12. The nasal methylome and childhood atopic asthma.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2017
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  16. Advancing biomedical imaging.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
    Cipoletta, Daniela [corrected to Cipolletta, Daniela]
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Christophe BenoistDivision of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. cbdm@hms.harvard.edu
Lewis Lanier
Miriam Merad
Diane Mathis
Immunological Genome Project

Funding

ImmGen: Gene Expression and Regulation in Immune CellsR24AI072073 · NIAID · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI CHRISTOPHE O. BENOIST · 2007 to 2026
$28.5M
NK MemoryR01AI068129 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LANIER, LEWIS LEE · 2006 to 2020
$6.0M
NK and T Cell Costimulation by NKG2D/DAP10R37AI066897 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LANIER, LEWIS LEE · 2006 to 2015
$3.8M
RAE-1 Family of Proteins in Innate and Adaptive ImmunityR01CA095137 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LANIER, LEWIS LEE · 2003 to 2013
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA095137NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI068129NIAID NIH HHS R24 AI072073NIAID NIH HHS R24‑AI072073NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI066897
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the field has a long collaborative tradition, immunology has made less use than genetics of 'consortium biology', wherein groups of investigators together tackle large integrated questions or problems. However, immunology is naturally suited to large-scale integrative and systems-level approaches, owing to the multicellular and adaptive nature of the cells it encompasses. Here, we discuss the value and drawbacks of this organization of research, in the context of the long-running 'big science' debate, and consider the opportunities that may exist for the immunology community. We position this analysis in light of our own experience, both positive and negative, as participants of the Immunological Genome Project.

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Allergy and ImmunologyImmunogeneticsAnimalsBiologyGenomicsHumansResearchScience

Identifiers

PMID22955842

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