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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

CD137+CD154- Expression As a Regulatory T Cell (Treg)-Specific Activation Signature for Identification and Sorting of Stable Human Tregs from

Anna Nowak, Dominik Lock, Petra Bacher, Thordis Hohnstein, Katrin Vogt, Judith Gottfreund, Pascal Giehr, Julia K Polansky, Birgit Sawitzki, Andrew Kaiser and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Anna NowakGerman Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) Berlin, Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany.
Dominik LockMiltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Petra BacherDepartment of Cellular Immunology, Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Thordis HohnsteinDepartment of Cellular Immunology, Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Katrin VogtInstitute for Medical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Judith GottfreundDepartment of Genetics/Epigenetics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Pascal GiehrDepartment of Genetics/Epigenetics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Julia K PolanskyBerlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Birgit SawitzkiInstitute for Medical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Andrew KaiserMiltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Jörn WalterDepartment of Genetics/Epigenetics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Alexander ScheffoldGerman Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) Berlin, Leibniz Association, Berlin, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are an attractive therapeutic tool for several different immune pathologies. Therapeutic Treg application often requires prolonged

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationBiomarkersCD40 LigandCells, CulturedHumansImmunophenotypingLymphocyte ActivationReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9BiomarkersCD40 LigandReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9adoptive regulatory T cell therapyCD137chimeric antigen receptorregulatory T cell expansionregulatory T cellsregulatory T cell signalingregulatory T cell stability

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PMID29467769
PMCPMC5808295

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