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ReviewImmunology2018

The role of transforming growth factor β in T helper 17 differentiation.

Song Zhang

Open access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
92citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 171 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The TPx protein ofFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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  12. Th17 cell pathogenicity in autoimmune disease.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2025
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32 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Song ZhangState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1492-8988
Nankai University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T helper 17 (Th17) cells play critical roles in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The lineage-specific transcription factor RORγt is the key regulator for Th17 cell fate commitment. A substantial number of studies have established the importance of transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) -dependent pathways in inducing RORγt expression and Th17 differentiation. TGF-β superfamily members TGF-β

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationHumansTh17 CellsTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor betaSMADT helper 17 differentiationtransforming growth factor β

Identifiers

PMID29682722
PMCPMC6099164
OpenAlexW2800832357

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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