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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020

Epigenetic conversion of conventional T cells into regulatory T cells by CD28 signal deprivation.

Norihisa Mikami, Ryoji Kawakami, Kelvin Y Chen, Atsushi Sugimoto, Naganari Ohkura, Shimon Sakaguchi

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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67citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Norihisa MikamiDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, 565-0871 Suita, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6360-5363
Ryoji KawakamiDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, 565-0871 Suita, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2253-4559
Kelvin Y ChenDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, 565-0871 Suita, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4406-2604
Atsushi SugimotoDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, 565-0871 Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Naganari OhkuraDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, 565-0871 Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Shimon SakaguchiDepartment of Experimental Immunology, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, 565-0871 Suita, Osaka, Japan; shimon@ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Kyoto University · JPThe University of Osaka · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foxp3-expressing regulatory T cells (Tregs) can be generated in vitro by antigenic stimulation of conventional T cells (Tconvs) in the presence of TGF-β and IL-2. However, unlike Foxp3

Indexed as

DNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression RegulationAnimalsCD28 AntigensCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCytokinesFemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsInterleukin-6MaleMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicCD28 AntigensCytokinesForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouseInterleukin-6interleukin-6, mouseTransforming Growth Factor betaDNA hypomethylationFoxp3iTregTregTreg-DR

Identifiers

PMID32414925
PMCPMC7275710
OpenAlexW3025875980

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