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ArticleCell2020

An Immunologic Mode of Multigenerational Transmission Governs a Gut Treg Setpoint.

Deepshika Ramanan, Esen Sefik, Silvia Galván-Peña, Meng Wu, Liang Yang, Zhen Yang, Aleksandar Kostic, Tatyana V Golovkina, Dennis L Kasper, Diane Mathis and 1 more

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Article in Cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.9field-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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 174 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Diet's impact on gut microbial assemblage in health and disease.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Deepshika RamananDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Esen SefikDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Silvia Galván-PeñaDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Meng WuDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Liang YangDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Zhen YangJoslin Diabetes Center and Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Aleksandar KosticJoslin Diabetes Center and Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Tatyana V GolovkinaDepartment of Microbiology, Committee on Microbiology and Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Dennis L KasperDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Diane MathisDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: cbdm@hms.harvard.edu.
Christophe BenoistDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: cbdm@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USJoslin Diabetes Center · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

SPECIAL ASSAY COREP30DK036836 · NIDDK · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI JEAN E. SCHAFFER · 1986 to 2026
$50.5M
Naive T cell homeostasis: Treg selection and survivalR37AI051530 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI BENOIST, CHRISTOPHE O. · 2009 to 2018
$4.1M
Naive T cell survival: TCR and IL-7R signal interplayR01AI051530 · NIAID · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI BENOIST, CHRISTOPHE O. · 2002 to 2009
$2.4M
T regulatory cell subsets at the microbial interface: determinism and functionR01AI125603 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI BENOIST, CHRISTOPHE O. · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051530NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125603NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI051530NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK036836
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At the species level, immunity depends on the selection and transmission of protective components of the immune system. A microbe-induced population of RORγ-expressing regulatory T cells (Tregs) is essential in controlling gut inflammation. We uncovered a non-genetic, non-epigenetic, non-microbial mode of transmission of their homeostatic setpoint. RORγ

Indexed as

AnimalsDigestive SystemDisease SusceptibilityFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHomeostasisImmunoglobulin AInflammationMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred CBAMice, Inbred NODNuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3T-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryImmunoglobulin ANuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3colonic Tregsentero-mammary axisIgAmaternal transmissionRorγ+Tregs

Identifiers

PMID32402238
PMCPMC7393667
OpenAlexW3024555221

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