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ArticleNature immunology2019

Regulatory T cells mediate specific suppression by depleting peptide-MHC class II from dendritic cells.

Billur Akkaya, Yoshihiro Oya, Munir Akkaya, Jafar Al Souz, Amanda H Holstein, Olena Kamenyeva, Juraj Kabat, Ryutaro Matsumura, David W Dorward, Deborah D Glass and 1 more

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Article in Nature immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 148 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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148citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

148 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 245 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dynamics and functional heterogeneity of FOXP3+ regulatory T cells in Trypanosoma cruzi infection: a systematic review.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  4. B cells enable autoreactive T cells to avoid suppression.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Billur AkkayaLaboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. billur.akkaya@nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6808-3776
Yoshihiro OyaLaboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Munir AkkayaLaboratory of Immunogenetics National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9949-9424
Jafar Al SouzLaboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2345-2803
Amanda H HolsteinLaboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Olena KamenyevaResearch Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Juraj KabatResearch Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Ryutaro MatsumuraDepartment of Rheumatology, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, National Hospital Organization Chiba-East National Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
David W DorwardResearch Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Labs, Hamilton, MT, USA.
Deborah D GlassLaboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Ethan M ShevachLaboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. eshevach@niaid.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1607-4664
National Institutes of Health · USNational Hospital Organization · JP

Funding

Studies of the Function of Naturally Occurring and Adaptive T Regulatory CellsZIAAI000959 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI SHEVACH, ETHAN · 2009 to 2025
$17.6M
Control of Autoimmunity by Regulatory T CellsZIAAI000224 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI SHEVACH, ETHAN · 2009 to 2025
$13.4M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI000959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cells (T

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigen PresentationBystander EffectCells, CulturedDendritic CellsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIImmune ToleranceLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicPeptidesPrimary Cell CultureReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID30643268
PMCPMC6402611
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