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ReviewTrends in immunology2018

Intestinal Intraepithelial Lymphocytes: Sentinels of the Mucosal Barrier.

Danyvid Olivares-Villagómez, Luc Van Kaer

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 149 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
149citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

149 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 249 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Danyvid Olivares-VillagómezDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: danyvid.olivares@vanderbilt.edu.
Luc Van KaerDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: luc.van.kaer@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

Control of lymphocyte homeostasis by iCD8a cells and osteopontinR01DK111671 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI OLIVARES-VILLAGOMEZ, DANYVID · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
iCD8alpha cells as novel innate-type lymphoid cells that mediate gut immunityR01DK104817 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI VAN KAER, LUC · 2015 to 2018
$1.3M
Characterization of CD8a cells as a novel immune population of the intestinesR21AI115419 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI OLIVARES-VILLAGOMEZ, DANYVID · 2015 to 2016
$433k
Role Of The Thymus Leukemia Antigen In Mucosal ImmunityR21AI072417 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI VAN KAER, LUC · 2009 to 2010
$426k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI072417NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI115419NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK104817NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK111671
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) are a large and diverse population of lymphoid cells that reside between the intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) that form the intestinal mucosal barrier. Although IEL biology has traditionally focused on T cells, recent studies have identified several subsets of T cell receptor (TCR)-negative IELs with intriguing properties. New insight into the development, homeostasis, and functions of distinct IEL subsets has recently been provided. Additional studies have revealed intricate interactions between different IEL subsets, reciprocal interactions between IELs and IECs, and communication of IELs with immune cells that reside outside the intestinal epithelium. We review here sentinel functions of IELs in the maintenance of the mucosal barrier integrity, as well as how dysregulated IEL responses can contribute to pathology.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell CommunicationCell DifferentiationHomeostasisHumansImmunity, MucosalInflammationIntestinal MucosaIntraepithelial Lymphocytesintestinal immunityintestinal inflammationintraepithelial lymphocyteslymphocyte developmentmucosal immunity

Identifiers

PMID29221933
PMCPMC8056148
OpenAlexW2772206425

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