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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2018

Cytokine Signaling in the Development and Homeostasis of Regulatory T cells.

Kevin H Toomer, Thomas R Malek

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin H ToomerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136.
Thomas R MalekDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136.
University of Miami · US

Funding

The immunobiology of CD4+ CD25+ T regulatory cellsR01AI055815 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MALEK, THOMAS R · 2004 to 2015
$3.5M
IL-2-dependent mechanisms in T1DR01DK093866 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MALEK, THOMAS R · 2012 to 2015
$1.3M
IL-2 Dependent Processes in Regulatory T cellsF31AI124629 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TOOMER, KEVIN HENRY · 2016 to 2020
$227k
NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI124629NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI055815NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK093866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytokine signaling is indispensable for regulatory T-cell (Treg) development in the thymus, and also influences the homeostasis, phenotypic diversity, and function of Tregs in the periphery. Because Tregs are required for establishment and maintenance of immunological self-tolerance, investigating the role of cytokines in Treg biology carries therapeutic potential in the context of autoimmune disease. This review discusses the potent and diverse influences of interleukin (IL)-2 signaling on the Treg compartment, an area of knowledge that has led to the use of low-dose IL-2 as a therapy to reregulate autoaggressive immune responses. Evidence suggesting Treg-specific impacts of the cytokines transforming growth factor β (TGF-β), IL-7, thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), IL-15, and IL-33 is also presented. Finally, we consider the technical challenges and knowledge limitations that must be overcome to bring other cytokine-based, Treg-targeted therapies into clinical use.

Indexed as

HomeostasisAnimalsCytokinesHumansInterleukin-15Interleukin-2Interleukin-33Interleukin-7Signal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransforming Growth Factor betaCytokinesInterleukin-15Interleukin-2Interleukin-33Interleukin-7Transforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID28620098
PMCPMC5830895
OpenAlexW2625891699

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