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ReviewJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2016

T Cell Fates Zipped Up: How the Bach2 Basic Leucine Zipper Transcriptional Repressor Directs T Cell Differentiation and Function.

Martin J Richer, Mark L Lang, Noah S Butler

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 85 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin J RicherDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada; Microbiome and Disease Tolerance Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada; martin.j.richer@mcgill.ca noah-butler@ouhsc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5737-3217
Mark L LangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104; and Graduate Program in Biosciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.ORCID 0000-0002-5137-0576
Noah S ButlerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104; and Graduate Program in Biosciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 martin.j.richer@mcgill.ca noah-butler@ouhsc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1429-0796
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · USMcGill University · CA

Funding

Proteomics CoreP20GM103447 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI DARRIN R. AKINS · 2012 to 2026
$60.2M
Development and function of CD4+ memory T cells during malariaR01AI125446 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI Noah Sullivan Butler · 2016 to 2026
$3.7M
Regulation of humoral immunity by NKT cellsR01AI078993 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI LANG, MARK L · 2009 to 2013
$1.6M
Regulation of humoral immunity by NKT cellsR56AI078993 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI LANG, MARK L · 2014 to 2014
$404k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI078993NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125446NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI078993NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103447
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent data illustrate a key role for the transcriptional regulator bric-a-brac, tramtrack, and broad complex and cap'n'collar homology (Bach)2 in orchestrating T cell differentiation and function. Although Bach2 has a well-described role in B cell differentiation, emerging data show that Bach2 is a prototypical member of a novel class of transcription factors that regulates transcriptional activity in T cells at super-enhancers, or regions of high transcriptional activity. Accumulating data demonstrate specific roles for Bach2 in favoring regulatory T cell generation, restraining effector T cell differentiation, and potentiating memory T cell development. Evidence suggests that Bach2 regulates various facets of T cell function by repressing other key transcriptional regulators such as B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein 1. In this review, we examine our present understanding of the role of Bach2 in T cell function and highlight the growing evidence that this transcriptional repressor functions as a key regulator involved in maintenance of T cell quiescence, T cell subset differentiation, and memory T cell generation.

Indexed as

AnimalsBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCell DifferentiationHumansLymphocyte ActivationT-LymphocytesBACH2 protein, humanBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors

Identifiers

PMID27496973
PMCPMC4978142
OpenAlexW2478854878

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