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ReviewNature immunology2014

Insights into the initiation of TCR signaling.

Arup K Chakraborty, Arthur Weiss

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Review in Nature immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 222 papers.

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222citing 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

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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

222 citing papers in PubMed.

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162 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.

Arup K Chakraborty1] Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [4] Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [5] Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [6] Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Arthur WeissRosalind Russell/Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

Funding

Understand the metabolic fitness of naïve T cellsP01AI091580 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ARTHUR WEISS · 2011 to 2026
$31.1M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI091580
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The initiation of T cell antigen receptor signaling is a key step that can result in T cell activation and the orchestration of an adaptive immune response. Early events in T cell receptor signaling can distinguish between agonist and endogenous ligands with exquisite selectivity, and show extraordinary sensitivity to minute numbers of agonists in a sea of endogenous ligands. We review our current knowledge of models and crucial molecules that aim to provide a mechanistic explanation for these observations. Building on current understanding and a discussion of unresolved issues, we propose a molecular model for initiation of T cell receptor signaling that may serve as a useful guide for future studies.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityHumansLymphocyte ActivationMajor Histocompatibility ComplexReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID25137454
PMCPMC5226627

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