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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Single-Cell Sequencing Reveals the Transcriptome and TCR Characteristics of pTregs and

Zhenzhen Hui, Jiali Zhang, Yu Zheng, Lili Yang, Wenwen Yu, Yang An, Feng Wei, Xiubao Ren

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhenzhen HuiDepartment of Biotherapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jiali ZhangDepartment of Biotherapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yu ZhengNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Lili YangNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Wenwen YuNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Yang AnNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Feng WeiNational Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Xiubao RenDepartment of Biotherapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a critical role in the maintenance of immune tolerance and tumor evasion. However, the relative low proportion of these cells in peripheral blood and tissues has hindered many studies. We sought to establish a rapamycin-based

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Gene Expression ProfilingHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeAdultAgedCells, CulturedComputational BiologyFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryImmunophenotypingMaleMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence AnnotationNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cellchemokine receptorscolorectal cancerin vitroregulatory T cellssingle-cell sequencing

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PMID33868236
PMCPMC8044526
OpenAlexW3150828794

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