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ArticleScience translational medicine2018

Antibody blockade of IL-15 signaling has the potential to durably reverse vitiligo.

Jillian M Richmond, James P Strassner, Lucio Zapata, Madhuri Garg, Rebecca L Riding, Maggi A Refat, Xueli Fan, Vincent Azzolino, Andrea Tovar-Garza, Naoya Tsurushita and 3 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Science translational medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 152 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
152citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
10.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

152 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 261 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. Pooled it
  3. Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells in Skin Diseases: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Pooled it
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  8. Vitiligo-like depigmentation as an accessible readout of antitumour immunity in melanoma immunotherapy.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Review
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  11. AAVrh32.33 capsid demonstrates unexpected dermal tropism regardless of immunodominant epitope.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
    Article
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  13. Article
  14. CD8MedComm · 2026
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  17. Role of MAPK Pathways in the Pathogenesis of Vitiligo.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026
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  19. Article
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92 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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jillian M RichmondDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1589-6770
James P StrassnerDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Lucio ZapataDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1515-3459
Madhuri GargDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Rebecca L RidingDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Maggi A RefatDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Xueli FanDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Vincent AzzolinoDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Andrea Tovar-GarzaUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1092-208X
Naoya TsurushitaJN Biosciences LLC, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Amit G PandyaUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
J Yun TsoJN Biosciences LLC, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
John E HarrisDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. john.harris@umassmed.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7815-6430
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USJN Biosciences (United States) · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceUL1TR000161 · NCATS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LUZURIAGA, KATHERINE F · 2012 to 2015
$11.0M
TRAINING IN IMMUNOLOGY (COMPETITIVE RENEWAL OF AI07439)T32AI007349 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI STERN, LAWRENCE J. · 1989 to 2024
$4.5M
Innate Immunity Training ProgramT32AI095213 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SILVERMAN, NEAL · 2011 to 2025
$2.5M
Treg Migration and Function During Autoimmunity within Peripheral TissueR01AR069114 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI HARRIS, JOHN E · 2015 to 2020
$2.2M
Training in the Molecular Basis of Autoimmunity and AutoinflammationT32AI132152 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Ann Marshak-Rothstein · 2018 to 2026
$1.6M
Targeting IFN gamma and chemokines to treat vitiligo in a humanized mouse modelK08AR061437 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI HARRIS, JOHN E · 2011 to 2015
$619k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000161NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007349NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI095213NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI132152NIAMS NIH HHS K08 AR061437NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR069114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease of the skin mediated by CD8

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsAntibodies, BlockingAntigens, CDCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDisease Models, AnimalEpidermisHumansImmunologic MemoryInterferon-gammaInterleukin-15MelanocytesMice, Inbred C57BLPhenotypeReceptors, Interleukin-15VitiligoAntibodies, BlockingAntigens, CDInterferon-gammaInterleukin-15Receptors, Interleukin-15

Identifiers

PMID30021889
PMCPMC6495055
OpenAlexW2883366919

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