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ArticleNature immunology2017

The transcription factor musculin promotes the unidirectional development of peripheral T

Chuan Wu, Zuojia Chen, Valerie Dardalhon, Sheng Xiao, Theresa Thalhamer, Mengyang Liao, Asaf Madi, Rafael F Franca, Timothy Han, Mohammed Oukka and 1 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chuan WuEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Zuojia ChenEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Valerie DardalhonEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sheng XiaoEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Theresa ThalhamerEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mengyang LiaoDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Asaf MadiEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Rafael F FrancaEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Timothy HanEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mohammed OukkaCenter for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Vijay KuchrooEvergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USSeattle Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Role of Negative Costimulation in Regulation of AutoimmunityP01AI039671 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI David A. Hafler · 1996 to 2026
$51.7M
Transgenic/KnockoutP01AI056299 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI SHARPE, ARLENE H. · 2003 to 2023
$42.5M
Transgenic / Knock-out mouse coreP01AI073748 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BEHAR, SAMUEL M · 2008 to 2019
$17.1M
Role of Th1 specific cell surface molecule Tim-3 in EAE.R01NS045937 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KUCHROO, VIJAY K. · 2003 to 2016
$4.9M
T CELL RESPONSE TO MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEINR01NS030843 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KUCHROO, VIJAY K. · 1998 to 2019
$4.1M
The role of Tim-1 in immune regulation and autoimmunityK01DK090105 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI XIAO, SHENG · 2011 to 2015
$796k
Role of Dock8 in EAER21AI124735 · NIAID · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI OUKKA, MOHAMED · 2016 to 2017
$530k
Molecular signatures of high salt induced pathogenic T cellsR00AI110649 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI WU, CHUAN · 2015 to 2016
$498k
Molecular signatures of high salt induced pathogenic T cellsK99AI110649 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI WU, CHUAN · 2014 to 2014
$111k
NIAID NIH HHS K99 AI110649NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI039671NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI056299NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI073748NIAID NIH HHS R00 AI110649NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI124735NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK090105NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS030843NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although master transcription factors (TFs) are key to the development of specific T cell subsets, whether additional transcriptional regulators are induced by the same stimuli that dominantly repress the development of other, non-specific T cell lineages has not been fully elucidated. Through the use of regulatory T cells (T

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationInflammationAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCells, CulturedForkhead Transcription FactorsGATA3 Transcription FactorGene Expression RegulationIntestinal MucosaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPneumoniaTh2 CellsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTranscription FactorsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouseGata3 protein, mouseGATA3 Transcription FactorMsc protein, mouseTranscription FactorsTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID28114290
PMCPMC5591438
OpenAlexW2581075228

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