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ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2017

mTOR signaling in the differentiation and function of regulatory and effector T cells.

Hu Zeng, Hongbo Chi

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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119citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

119 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 209 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Effect of mitochondrial oxidative stress on regulatory T cell manufacturing for clinical application in transplantation: Results from a pilot study.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2025
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59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hu ZengDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Hongbo ChiDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. Electronic address: hongbo.chi@stjude.org.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

The MKP-1/p38 axis: coordinating innate and adaptive immunityR01NS064599 · NINDS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHI, HONGBO · 2008 to 2018
$3.7M
Metabolic checkpoint in dendritic cell subsets and adaptive immunityR37AI105887 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Hongbo Chi · 2019 to 2026
$3.6M
Metabolic checkpoint in TH17 cell differentiationR01AI105887 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHI, HONGBO · 2014 to 2018
$2.2M
mTOR signaling in T cell quiescenceR01AI101407 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHI, HONGBO · 2013 to 2017
$2.2M
Tsc1/mTOR axis in immune homeostasis and tumorigenesisR01CA176624 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHI, HONGBO · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA176624NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI101407NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI105887NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI105887NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS064599
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway integrates environmental signals and cellular metabolism to regulate T cell development, activation and differentiation. Recent studies reveal the importance of exquisite control of mTOR activity for proper T cell function, and detailed molecular mechanisms that regulate mTOR signaling in different T cell subsets. Here, we review the latest advances in our understanding of the mTOR pathway and its regulation in the differentiation and function of regulatory T cells and effector T cells.

Indexed as

ImmunomodulationSignal TransductionAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationHumansLymphocyte ActivationMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2T-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID28535458
PMCPMC5554750
OpenAlexW2625273780

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