Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28888485›Full record

ReviewCytokine & growth factor reviews2017

Immunobiology of the IL-15/IL-15Rα complex as an antitumor and antiviral agent.

Yin Guo, Liming Luan, Naeem K Patil, Edward R Sherwood

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In one paragraph

Review in Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
96citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

96 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 153 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Challenges and opportunities of human iPSC-derived NK as "Off-the-shelf" cellular therapies.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025
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  16. Interleukin 15 and autoimmune disorders: pathophysiology, therapeutic potential, and clinical implications.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  19. EngineeredJournal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025
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36 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yin GuoDepartments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Anesthesiology. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: yin.guo1126@gmail.com.
Liming LuanDepartment of Anesthesiology. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Naeem K PatilDepartment of Anesthesiology. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Edward R SherwoodDepartments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Anesthesiology. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: edward.r.sherwood@Vanderbilt.Edu.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Training Innate Immunity: A new approach to the treatment of SepsisR01GM119197 · NIGMS · EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SHERWOOD, EDWARD R, WILLIAMS, DAVID L. · 2016 to 2024
$4.6M
Resistance of Beta 2 Microglobulin Null Mice to SepsisR01GM066885 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHERWOOD, EDWARD R · 2003 to 2016
$4.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066885NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM119197
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin (IL)-15 is essential for natural killer (NK), NKT and memory (m) CD8

Indexed as

AnimalsGenetic TherapyHumansInterleukin-15Interleukin-15 Receptor alpha SubunitNeoplasmsVirus DiseasesInterleukin-15Interleukin-15 Receptor alpha SubunitAnti-viral immunotherapyCancer immunotherapyIL-15 superagonistIL-15 trans-presentationMemory CD8 T lymphocytesNatural killer cells

Identifiers

PMID28888485
PMCPMC5705392
OpenAlexW2753829039

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.