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ArticleJournal of autoimmunity2018

A long-lived IL-2 mutein that selectively activates and expands regulatory T cells as a therapy for autoimmune disease.

Laurence B Peterson, Charles J M Bell, Sarah K Howlett, Marcin L Pekalski, Kevin Brady, Heather Hinton, Denise Sauter, John A Todd, Pablo Umana, Oliver Ast and 6 more

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Article in Journal of autoimmunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
101citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

101 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Laurence B PetersonRoche Innovation Center Basel, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070, Basel, Switzerland; JDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 OXY, UK.
Charles J M BellJDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 OXY, UK.
Sarah K HowlettJDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 OXY, UK.
Marcin L PekalskiJDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; JDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 OXY, UK.
Kevin BradyRoche Innovation Center Basel, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070, Basel, Switzerland.
Heather HintonRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Wagistrasse 10, 8952, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Denise SauterRoche Innovation Center Basel, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070, Basel, Switzerland.
John A ToddJDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; JDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 OXY, UK.
Pablo UmanaRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Wagistrasse 10, 8952, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Oliver AstRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Wagistrasse 10, 8952, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Inja WaldhauerRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Wagistrasse 10, 8952, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Anne Freimoser-GrundschoberRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Wagistrasse 10, 8952, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Ekkehard MoessnerRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Wagistrasse 10, 8952, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Christian KleinRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Wagistrasse 10, 8952, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Ralf J HosseRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED), Wagistrasse 10, 8952, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Linda S WickerJDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; JDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 OXY, UK. Electronic address: lswicker@well.ox.ac.uk.
Roche (Switzerland) · CHCentre for Human Genetics · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Nonhuman Primate Reagent ResourceU24AI126683 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Diogo Magnani · 2016 to 2026
$20.1M
Department of HealthWellcome Trust 096388Wellcome Trust 107212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Susceptibility to multiple autoimmune diseases is associated with common gene polymorphisms influencing IL-2 signaling and T

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesBinding SitesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell ProliferationCTLA-4 AntigenDisease Models, AnimalDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunotherapyInterleukin-2Interleukin-2 Receptor beta SubunitLymphocyte ActivationCTLA-4 AntigenCTLA4 protein, humanForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, humanIL2 protein, humanImmunoglobulin GInterleukin-2Interleukin-2 Receptor beta SubunitLymphotoxin-alphaProtein IsoformsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSTAT5 Transcription FactorAutoimmunityCytokine therapyIL-2 muteinImmunotherapyT(reg) expansion

Identifiers

PMID30446251
PMCPMC6284106
OpenAlexW2901743623

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