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ReviewGenes2021

MTOR Signaling and Metabolism in Early T Cell Development.

Guy Werlen, Ritika Jain, Estela Jacinto

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Review in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Immunosenescence: signaling pathways, diseases and therapeutic targets.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  7. Food for thought: Nutrient metabolism controlling early T cell development.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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  13. SEL1L preserves CD8Cellular & molecular immunology · 2023
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  20. Metabolic regulation of T cell development.Frontiers in immunology · 2022
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guy WerlenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Ritika JainDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Estela JacintoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7118-1759
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

The hexosamine biosynthesis pathway in metabolism and cell fateR01GM137493 · NIGMS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Estela Jacinto · 2020 to 2026
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM137493NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM137493
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) controls cell fate and responses via its functions in regulating metabolism. Its role in controlling immunity was unraveled by early studies on the immunosuppressive properties of rapamycin. Recent studies have provided insights on how metabolic reprogramming and mTOR signaling impact peripheral T cell activation and fate. The contribution of mTOR and metabolism during early T-cell development in the thymus is also emerging and is the subject of this review. Two major T lineages with distinct immune functions and peripheral homing organs diverge during early thymic development; the αβ- and γδ-T cells, which are defined by their respective TCR subunits. Thymic T-regulatory cells, which have immunosuppressive functions, also develop in the thymus from positively selected αβ-T cells. Here, we review recent findings on how the two mTOR protein complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2, and the signaling molecules involved in the mTOR pathway are involved in thymocyte differentiation. We discuss emerging views on how metabolic remodeling impacts early T cell development and how this can be mediated via mTOR signaling.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsHumansLymphopoiesisT-LymphocytesTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTOR Serine-Threonine Kinasesearly T cell developmentmTORmTORC1mTORC2T-cell metabolismthymocytesT lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID34068092
PMCPMC8152735
OpenAlexW3161055974

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