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ArticleScience immunology2017

LAG3 limits regulatory T cell proliferation and function in autoimmune diabetes.

Qianxia Zhang, Maria Chikina, Andrea L Szymczak-Workman, William Horne, Jay K Kolls, Kate M Vignali, Daniel Normolle, Maria Bettini, Creg J Workman, Dario A A Vignali

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Article in Science immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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107citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

107 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Regulatory B cells andBiomolecules & biomedicine · 2026
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  7. Activation and lineage specific Lag3 expression dynamics in T cells.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2026
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  10. LAG-3Immunology · 2026
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  19. Therapeutic potential of targeting LAG-3 in cancer.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025
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47 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Qianxia ZhangDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2885-2147
Maria ChikinaDepartment of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Andrea L Szymczak-WorkmanDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9776-049X
William HorneRichard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
Jay K KollsRichard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
Kate M VignaliDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2771-5992
Daniel NormolleDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
Maria BettiniDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Creg J WorkmanDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9964-9509
Dario A A VignaliDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. dvignali@pitt.edu.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JOHN C. BYRD · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Synergies among inhibitory receptors in tolerance, cancer & antiviral immunityP01AI108545 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Dario AA Vignali · 2015 to 2026
$30.8M
Parameters that Underlie Treg Insufficiency in Autoimmune DiabetesR01DK089125 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VIGNALI, DARIO AA · 2011 to 2020
$2.9M
ImageStreamX MarkIIS10OD019942 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BORGHESI, LISA · 2015 to 2015
$543k
Special BD LSRFortessaTMS10OD011925 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BORGHESI, LISA · 2012 to 2012
$383k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201300006CNIAID NIH HHS P01 AI108545NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK089125NIH HHS S10 OD011925NIH HHS S10 OD019942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibitory receptors (IRs) are pivotal in controlling T cell homeostasis because of their intrinsic regulation of conventional effector T (T

Identifiers

PMID28783703
PMCPMC5609824
OpenAlexW2600304928

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