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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

IL-21 in Homeostasis of Resident Memory and Exhausted CD8 T Cells during Persistent Infection.

Heather M Ren, Aron E Lukacher

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. IL-21 controls CD8Zoological research · 2026
    Article
  2. CD1d-Restricted NKT Cells Promote Central Memory CD8International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Interleukin-21 in Viral Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
  6. Review
  7. The Role of Immunogenetics in COVID-19.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
  8. Review
  9. Review
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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heather M RenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
Aron E LukacherDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7969-2841
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

A Mouse Model to Define Immunovirologic Determinants of Polyomavirus CNS DiseaseR01NS088367 · NINDS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI LUKACHER, ARON ELIOT · 2014 to 2021
$2.8M
Pathogenesis of Mouse Polyomavirus-associated CNS DemyelinationR01NS092662 · NINDS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI LUKACHER, ARON ELIOT · 2016 to 2022
$2.1M
Mechanisms of Cellular and Humoral Immune Evasion and Subsequent Polyomavirus EncephalitisF31AI142997 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI REN, HEATHER MARIE · 2019 to 2019
$25k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases F31AI142997NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI142997NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088367NINDS NIH HHS R01NS088367NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092662NINDS NIH HHS R01NS092662
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD4 T cells guide the development of CD8 T cells into memory by elaborating mitogenic and differentiation factors and by licensing professional antigen-presenting cells. CD4 T cells also act to stave off CD8 T cell dysfunction during repetitive antigen stimulation in persistent infection and cancer by mitigating generation of exhausted T cells (T

Indexed as

Immunologic MemoryAnimalsB-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingInfectionsInterleukin-21InterleukinsT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerInterleukin-21InterleukinsCD4 T cellsCD8 T cellsexhaustioninterleukin (IL)-21persistent infectionresident memory

Identifiers

PMID32971931
PMCPMC7554897
OpenAlexW3088177992

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Registered trials

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