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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

The Complex Role of Regulatory T Cells in Immunity and Aging.

Lourdes Rocamora-Reverte, Franz Leonard Melzer, Reinhard Würzner, Birgit Weinberger

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
143citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.3field-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

143 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 216 citations in OpenAlex.

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

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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lourdes Rocamora-ReverteDepartment of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Franz Leonard MelzerDepartment of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Reinhard WürznerInstitute of Hygiene & Medical Microbiology, Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Public Health, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Birgit WeinbergerDepartment of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Universität Innsbruck · ATInnsbruck Medical University · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF W 1253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune system is a tightly regulated network which allows the development of defense mechanisms against foreign antigens and tolerance toward self-antigens. Regulatory T cells (Treg) contribute to immune homeostasis by maintaining unresponsiveness to self-antigens and suppressing exaggerated immune responses. Dysregulation of any of these processes can lead to serious consequences. Classically, Treg cell functions have been described in CD4

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsHumansImmunity, CellularT-Lymphocytes, Regulatoryagingautoimmunitydiversityimmune homeostasisinflammationregulatory T cells

Identifiers

PMID33584708
PMCPMC7873351
OpenAlexW3124906490

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