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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Treg: A Promising Approach to Inducing Immunological Tolerance.

Qunfang Zhang, Weihui Lu, Chun-Ling Liang, Yuchao Chen, Huazhen Liu, Feifei Qiu, Zhenhua Dai

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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 97 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
97citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

97 citing papers in PubMed, 151 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qunfang ZhangSection of Immunology and Joint Immunology Program, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Weihui LuSection of Immunology and Joint Immunology Program, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Chun-Ling LiangSection of Immunology and Joint Immunology Program, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yuchao ChenSection of Immunology and Joint Immunology Program, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Huazhen LiuSection of Immunology and Joint Immunology Program, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Feifei QiuSection of Immunology and Joint Immunology Program, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Zhenhua DaiSection of Immunology and Joint Immunology Program, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular therapies with polyclonal regulatory T-cells (Tregs) in transplantation and autoimmune diseases have been carried out in both animal models and clinical trials. However, The use of large numbers of polyclonal Tregs with unknown antigen specificities has led to unwanted effects, such as systemic immunosuppression, which can be avoided via utilization of antigen-specific Tregs. Antigen-specific Tregs are also more potent in suppression than polyclonal ones. Although antigen-specific Tregs can be induced

Indexed as

Immune ToleranceAnimalsAutoimmunityHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransplantation ImmunologyReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric Antigenantigen-specificityautoimmunitychimeric antigen receptor (CAR)immunological tolerancetransplantationTreg

Identifiers

PMID30369931
PMCPMC6194362
OpenAlexW2897323740

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