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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Spontaneous T Cell Proliferation: A Physiologic Process to Create and Maintain Homeostatic Balance and Diversity of the Immune System.

Booki Min

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Review 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 41 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

41 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Booki MinDepartment of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States.

Funding

The role of IL-27/Lag3 axis in regulating Foxp3+ regulatory T cell functionR01AI125247 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Booki Min · 2017 to 2026
$3.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naive T lymphocytes undergo heterogeneous proliferative responses when introduced into lymphopenic hosts, referred to as "homeostatic proliferation" and "spontaneous proliferation." Spontaneous proliferation is a unique process through which the immune system generates memory phenotype cells with increasing T cell receptors repertoire complexity. Here, the mechanisms that initiate and control spontaneous proliferation are discussed.

Indexed as

Immune SystemAnimalsBiodiversityCell ProliferationHomeostasisHumansImmunologic MemoryLymphopeniaReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellhomeostasislymphocyteslymphopeniaproliferationT cells

Identifiers

PMID29616038
PMCPMC5868360

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