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ArticleNature immunology2021

Metabolic reprogramming of terminally exhausted CD8

Yugang Guo, Yu-Qing Xie, Min Gao, Yang Zhao, Fabien Franco, Mathias Wenes, Imran Siddiqui, Alessio Bevilacqua, Haiping Wang, Hanshuo Yang and 12 more

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Article in Nature immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 271 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
271citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
23.7field-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

271 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 398 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Adoptive cell therapy in lung cancer: progress, challenges, and prospects.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2026
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  15. Targeting PKM2 Enhances the Anti-Tumor Function of CD8International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  16. Nicotinamide riboside enhances adoptive T cell therapy by promoting memory differentiation and metabolic fitness.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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211 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

22 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Yugang Guo *Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4499-8274
Yu-Qing Xie *Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3996-2234
Min GaoInstitute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2106-0267
Yang ZhaoInstitute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Fabien FrancoDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
Mathias WenesDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
Imran SiddiquiDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
Alessio BevilacquaDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7009-4362
Haiping WangDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
Hanshuo YangState Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, China.
Bing FengInstitute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Xin XieCenter for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-6784-4860
Catherine M SabatelDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
Benjamin TschumiDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
Amphun ChaiboonchoeSiriraj Center of Research Excellence for Systems Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-0009-0806
Yuxi WangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Medical School/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Weimin LiDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Medical School/West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Weihua XiaoDepartment of Oncology of the First Affiliated Hospital, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Werner HeldDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3292-1536
Pedro RomeroDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9688-2882
Ping-Chih HoDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland. ping-chih.ho@unil.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-3078-3774
Li TangInstitute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland. li.tang@epfl.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-6393-982X
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHUniversity of Lausanne · CHLudwig Cancer Research · CHWest China Medical Center of Sichuan University · CNNew York University Abu Dhabi · AESichuan University · CNSiriraj Hospital · THUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CN

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation 173243
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell exhaustion presents one of the major hurdles to cancer immunotherapy. Among exhausted CD8

Indexed as

AnimalsAnion Transport ProteinsCell Line, TumorCombined Modality TherapyDisease Models, AnimalDrug SynergismFemaleHalf-LifeHEK293 CellsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsImmunotherapy, AdoptiveInterleukin-10MiceMice, TransgenicAnion Transport ProteinsIL10 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsInterleukin-10Mitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMonocarboxylic Acid TransportersMPC1 pyruvate carrier protein, mouseReceptors, Chimeric AntigenReceptors, Interleukin-10Recombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID34031618
PMCPMC7610876
OpenAlexW3164930583

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