Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27833451›Full record

ReviewCentral-European journal of immunology2016

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) in the homeostasis of regulatory T cells (Tregs).

Tomasz Koliński, Natalia Marek-Trzonkowska, Piotr Trzonkowski, Janusz Siebert

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Review in Central-European journal of immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 48 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomasz KolińskiLaboratory of Immunoregulation and Cellular Therapies, Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.
Natalia Marek-TrzonkowskaLaboratory of Immunoregulation and Cellular Therapies, Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.
Piotr TrzonkowskiDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Transplantology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.
Janusz SiebertDepartment of Family Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.
Gdańsk Medical University · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) belong to the family of conservative polypeptides with a high homology of the primary structure. The uniqueness of this family lies in their ability to interact with a large number of different proteins and provide protection from cellular and environmental stress factors as molecular chaperones to keep protein homeostasis. While intracellular HSPs play a mainly protective role, extracellular or membrane-bound HSPs mediate immunological functions and immunomodulatory activity. In immune system are subsets of cells including regulatory T cells (Tregs) with suppressive functions. HSPs are implicated in the function of innate and adaptive immune systems, stimulate T lymphocyte proliferation and immunomodulatory functions, increase the effectiveness of cross-presentation of antigens, and induce the secretion of cytokines. HSPs are also important in the induction, proliferation, suppressive function, and cytokine production of Tregs, which are a subset of CD4

Indexed as

heat shock proteins (HSPs)immune regulationlymphocytesregulatory T cells (Tregs)

Identifiers

PMID27833451
PMCPMC5099390
OpenAlexW2545516148

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