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ReviewTrends in immunology2015

Regulation of T cells by mTOR: the known knowns and the known unknowns.

Kristen N Pollizzi, Jonathan D Powell

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
127citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

127 citing papers in PubMed, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. The role of mTOR activation in steroid-resistant asthma: insights from particulate matter-induced mouse model and patient studies.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kristen N PollizziDepartment of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: kpolliz2@jhmi.edu.
Jonathan D PowellDepartment of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: poweljo@jhmi.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · USSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

CELLULAR &MOLECULAR MECH OF INFLAMMATORY REACTIONST32AI007247 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Joel L Pomerantz · 1985 to 2026
$10.2M
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
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 R01 AI077610NIAID NIH HHS R01AI077610NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091481NIAID NIH HHS R01AI091481NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is emerging as an important integrator of environmental cues critical for the regulation of T cell activation, differentiation, and function. Recent studies leveraging pharmacologic inhibition or T cell specific genetic deletion of signaling components in the mTOR pathway have provided important insights into the mechanisms involved, and have been informative in defining targets downstream of mTOR that promote immune regulation. However, these studies have also presented confusing and, at times, contradictory findings, highlighting the complexities involved in examining the mTOR pathway in distinct contexts. Here, we review current understanding of the roles of mTOR in T cell biology, highlighting emerging concepts and areas of investigation where the precise role of mTOR has yet to be fully discerned.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationGene DeletionHumansLymphocyte ActivationSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesmTORrapamycinT cells

Identifiers

PMID25522665
PMCPMC4290883
OpenAlexW2090631969

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