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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2016

The multifaceted role of CD4(+) T cells in CD8(+) T cell memory.

Brian J Laidlaw, Joseph E Craft, Susan M Kaech

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 426 papers.

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426citing papers in PubMed
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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

426 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. IL-21 controls CD8Zoological research · 2026
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  11. Protein-dependent CD4iScience · 2026
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  13. Revealing the prognostic landscape of hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet score in patients with lung cancer: a pooled analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  14. Are CD4Livers · 2026
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  19. The roles and heterogeneity of CD8International journal of molecular medicine · 2026
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  20. Lifelong Exercise as a Modulator of CD4European journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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366 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

3 authors.

Brian J LaidlawDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
Joseph E CraftDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
Susan M KaechDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.

Funding

INTERDISCIPLINARY IMMUNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32AI007019 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Carrie L. Lucas, David G. Schatz · 1985 to 2026
$14.4M
IMMUNE RESPONSES IN LUPUSR37AR040072 · NIAMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CRAFT, JOSEPH EDGAR · 2000 to 2025
$7.4M
Yale Rheumatic Diseases Research Core CenterP30AR053495 · NIAMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CRAFT, JOSEPH EDGAR · 2007 to 2017
$7.0M
Regulation of memory CD8 T cell developmentR01AI066232 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Diana Clare Hargreaves · 2005 to 2026
$5.7M
Regulation of memory CD8 T cell developmentR37AI066232 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KAECH, SUSAN M · 2013 to 2022
$5.4M
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SNRNP POLYPEPTIDESR01AR040072 · NIAMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Joseph Edgar Craft · 1990 to 2026
$2.5M
Control of Effector and Memory T Cell Development by Inflammatory SignalsR01AI074699 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KAECH, SUSAN M · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
Manipulation of Follicular Helper T Cells in Immunity and AutoimmunityR21AR063942 · NIAMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CRAFT, JOSEPH EDGAR · 2012 to 2013
$402k
Deciphering the signals regulating flu-specific resident memory T cellsF31AG047777 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LAIDLAW, BRIAN · 2014 to 2014
$43k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI066232NIAID NIH HHS R01AI066232NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI074699NIAID NIH HHS R01AI074699NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI066232NIAID NIH HHS T32AI07019NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR053495NIAMS NIH HHS P30AR053495NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR040072NIAMS NIH HHS R01AR40072NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR063942NIAMS NIH HHS R21AR063942NIAMS NIH HHS R37 AR040072NIA NIH HHS F31 AG047777NIA NIH HHS F31AG07777
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Following infection, T cells differentiate into a heterogeneous population of effector T cells that can mediate pathogen clearance. A subset of these effector T cells possesses the ability to survive long term and mature into memory T cells that can provide long-term immunity. Understanding the signals that regulate the development of memory T cells is crucial to efforts to design vaccines capable of eliciting T cell-based immunity. CD4(+) T cells are essential in the formation of protective memory CD8(+) T cells following infection or immunization. However, until recently, the mechanisms by which CD4(+) T cells act to support memory CD8(+) T cell development following infection were unclear. Here, we discuss recent studies that provide insight into the multifaceted role of CD4(+) T cells in the regulation of memory CD8(+) T cell differentiation.

Indexed as

VaccinationCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansImmunizationImmunologic MemoryInfections

Identifiers

PMID26781939
PMCPMC4860014

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