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ReviewMolecules and cells2015

Life of T follicular helper cells.

Woong-Kyung Suh

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Review in Molecules and cells, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. ETV5 promotes lupus pathogenesis and follicular helper T cell differentiation by inducing osteopontin expression.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  15. Adaptive immunity in the liver.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2016
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  19. Follicular helper T cell in immunity and autoimmunity.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2016
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Woong-Kyung SuhClinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM), University of Montreal, and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7, Canada.
McGill University · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-84544
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies are powerful defense tools against pathogens but may cause autoimmune diseases when erroneously directed toward self-antigens. Thus, antibody producing cells are carefully selected, refined, and expanded in a highly regulated microenvironment (germinal center) in the peripheral lymphoid organs. A subset of T cells termed T follicular helper cells (Tfh) play a central role in instructing B cells to form a repertoire of antibody producing cells that provide life-long supply of high affinity, pathogen-specific antibodies. Therefore, understanding how Tfh cells arise and how they facilitate B cell selection and differentiation during germinal center reaction is critical to improve vaccines and better treat autoimmune diseases. In this review, I will summarise recent findings on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying Tfh generation and function with an emphasis on T cell costimulation.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesHumansImmunity, CellularImmunologic MemoryT-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducerantibodycostimulationgerminal centerT follicular helper

Identifiers

PMID25537859
PMCPMC4363718
OpenAlexW1993182604

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