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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2016

mTOR Regulation of Lymphoid Cells in Immunity to Pathogens.

Rachael Keating, Maureen Ann McGargill

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachael KeatingDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis, TN , USA.
Maureen Ann McGargillDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis, TN , USA.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Immunological mechanisms of protection against divergent influenza A strainsR01AI114728 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI MCGARGILL, MAUREEN ANN · 2015 to 2019
$2.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunity to pathogens exists as a fine balance between promoting activation and expansion of effector cells, while simultaneously limiting normal and aberrant responses. These seemingly opposing functions are kept in check by immune regulators. The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase that senses nutrient availability and, in turn, regulates cell metabolism, growth, and survival accordingly. mTOR plays a pivotal role in facilitating immune defense against invading pathogens by regulating the differentiation, activation, and effector functions of lymphoid cells. Here, we focus on the emerging and sometimes contradictory roles of mTOR in orchestrating lymphoid cell-mediated host immune responses to pathogens. A thorough understanding of how mTOR impacts lymphoid cells in pathogen defense will provide the necessary base for developing therapeutic interventions for infectious diseases.

Indexed as

immune differentiationimmune regulationmetabolismmTORpathogen

Identifiers

PMID27242787
PMCPMC4862984
OpenAlexW2360063079

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