Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31511695›Full record

ArticleNature2019

Targeting cardiac fibrosis with engineered T cells.

Haig Aghajanian, Toru Kimura, Joel G Rurik, Aidan S Hancock, Michael S Leibowitz, Li Li, John Scholler, James Monslow, Albert Lo, Wei Han and 15 more

Erratum issuedOpen access · greenAbstract read
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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 502 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
502citing papers in PubMed
30.9field-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

502 citing papers in PubMed, 762 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fibroblast activation protein-targeted PET/CT withEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
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  3. Translational biology of human cardiac fibrosis.Nature cardiovascular research · 2026
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  10. A boost for CAR T cell therapy.Nature materials · 2026
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  15. Next-generation molecular imaging of cardiac fibrosis.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2026
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442 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Haig AghajanianDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Toru KimuraDepartment of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Joel G RurikDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Aidan S HancockDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Michael S LeibowitzDepartment of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Li LiDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
John SchollerCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
James MonslowDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Albert LoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Wei HanEchocardiography Laboratory, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Tao WangPenn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Kenneth BediPenn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Michael P MorleyPenn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ricardo A Linares SaldanaDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Nikhita A BolarDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Kendra McDaidPenn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Charles-Antoine AssenmacherDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Cheryl L SmithDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Dagmar WirthModel Systems for Infection and Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
Carl H JuneCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Kenneth B MarguliesPenn Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Rajan JainDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ellen PuréDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Steven M AlbeldaDepartment of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jonathan A EpsteinDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. epsteinj@upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · USCalifornia Institute for Regenerative Medicine · USHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DEHospital of the University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

VIRAL VECTOR COREP30DK019525 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Patrick Seale · 1986 to 2026
$48.3M
Training Program in Cardiovascular Biology and MedicineT32HL007843 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI THOMAS P. CAPPOLA, Sharlene M Day · 1996 to 2026
$11.0M
Cardiac lineage determination and nuclear architectureR35HL140018 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EPSTEIN, JONATHAN A. · 2018 to 2024
$6.8M
Training in Muscle Biology and Muscle DiseaseT32AR053461 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI OSTAP, E. MICHAEL · 2006 to 2025
$4.9M
The Role of BRD4 in Cardiac SpecificationR01HL139783 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI JAIN, RAJAN · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
Aperio VERSA Digital Slide Scanner, eSlide Manager Database, and Advanced Image Analysis SoftwareS10OD023465 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DURHAM, AMY CLEVELAND · 2018 to 2018
$329k
Defining the role of HOPX and genome-nuclear lamina interactions in cardiomyocyte commitmentF31HL147416 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LINARES SALDANA, RICARDO · 2019 to 2021
$111k
NHLBI NIH HHS F31 HL147416NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139783NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL140018NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007843NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR053461NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK019525NIH HHS S10 OD023465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrosis is observed in nearly every form of myocardial disease

Indexed as

CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunotherapy, AdoptiveAnimalsAntigens, SurfaceEndomyocardial FibrosisFibroblastsHumansMaleMiceOvalbuminWound HealingAntigens, SurfaceOvalbumin

Identifiers

PMID31511695
PMCPMC6752964
OpenAlexW2972517993

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