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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2016

T cell receptor signalling in the control of regulatory T cell differentiation and function.

Ming O Li, Alexander Y Rudensky

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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 300 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
300citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
26.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

300 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 477 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Immunosuppressive JAG2Cancer communications (London, England) · 2025
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240 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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ming O LiImmunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Alexander Y RudenskyImmunology Program, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Self Peptides Bound to MHC Class II In T Cell SelectionR37AI034206 · NIAID · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI RUDENSKY, ALEXANDER Y · 2009 to 2018
$4.8M
Nutrient Sensing and mTORC1 Signaling in the Control of Regulatory T Cell Generation and FunctionR01AI102888 · NIAID · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI LI, MING · 2014 to 2022
$4.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI102888NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI102888-01A1NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI034206PHS HHS R37 A134206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cells (TReg cells), a specialized T cell lineage, have a pivotal function in the control of self tolerance and inflammatory responses. Recent studies have revealed a discrete mode of T cell receptor (TCR) signalling that regulates TReg cell differentiation, maintenance and function and that affects gene expression, metabolism, cell adhesion and migration of these cells. Here, we discuss the emerging understanding of TCR-guided differentiation of TReg cells in the context of their function in health and disease.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationHumansImmune ToleranceLymphocyte ActivationReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSelf ToleranceSignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID27026074
PMCPMC4968889
OpenAlexW2332517313

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