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ReviewImmunology and cell biology2016

The memory of a killer T cell: models of CD8(+) T cell differentiation.

Bram Gerritsen, Aridaman Pandit

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Review in Immunology and cell biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bram GerritsenTheoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Aridaman PanditTheoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Center for Translational Molecular Medicine · NLUtrecht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD8(+) T cells have an important role in protection against infections and reinfections of intra-cellular pathogens like viruses. Naive CD8(+) T cells circulating in blood or lymphoid tissues can get activated upon stimulation by cognate antigen. The activated T cells undergo rapid proliferation and can expand more than 10(4)-folds comprising largely of effector T cells. Upon antigen clearance, the CD8(+) T-cell population contracts due to apoptosis, leaving behind a small population of memory T cells. The timing and mechanisms underlying the differentiation of naive cells into effector cells and memory cells is not yet clear. In this article, we review the recent quantitative studies that support different hypotheses of CD8(+) T-cell differentiation.

Indexed as

Immunologic MemoryAlgorithmsAnimalsAsymmetric Cell DivisionCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansLymphocyte ActivationModels, BiologicalPhenotypeSignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicT-Lymphocyte Subsets

Identifiers

PMID26700072
OpenAlexW2224087185

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