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ArticleCell2021

Expansion of tumor-associated Treg cells upon disruption of a CTLA-4-dependent feedback loop.

Francesco Marangoni, Ademi Zhakyp, Michela Corsini, Shannon N Geels, Esteban Carrizosa, Martin Thelen, Vinidhra Mani, Jasper N Prüßmann, Ross D Warner, Aleksandra J Ozga and 3 more

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Article in Cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 135 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
135citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.7field-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

135 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Francesco MarangoniThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. Electronic address: f.marangoni@uci.edu.
Ademi ZhakypThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Michela CorsiniThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Shannon N GeelsDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Esteban CarrizosaThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Martin ThelenThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Vinidhra ManiThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jasper N PrüßmannThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ross D WarnerThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Aleksandra J OzgaThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Mauro Di PilatoThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Shivashankar OthyDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Thorsten R MempelThe Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: tmempel@mgh.harvard.edu.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of California, Irvine · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Strategies to Overcome Immune Resistance in Head and Neck CancersP01CA240239 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MEMPEL, THORSTEN ROMAN · 2019 to 2023
$8.4M
Research Training in Rheumatology at Massachusetts General HospitalT32AR007258 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ANDREW D LUSTER · 1986 to 2026
$6.9M
The power of extracellular vesicles in glioblastomaR35CA232103 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BREAKEFIELD, XANDRA OWENS · 2018 to 2024
$6.9M
Cellular mechanisms by which exhausted T cell responses are restoredR01AI123349 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Thorsten Roman Mempel · 2017 to 2026
$4.5M
A mechanism to minimize auto-reactivity in the tissue-resident memory T cell poolR01AI163223 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MEMPEL, THORSTEN ROMAN · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Cancer Immunology Training GrantT32CA207021 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI WUCHERPFENNIG, KAI W · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
Mechanisms of Macrophage Functional Switch during Skin RepairR21AR072849 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI MARANGONI, FRANCESCO · 2019 to 2020
$379k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA240239NCI NIH HHS R35 CA232103NCI NIH HHS T32 CA207021NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123349NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI163223NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR072849NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR007258NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foxp3

Indexed as

Feedback, PhysiologicalAnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsCD28 AntigensCell ProliferationCTLA-4 AntigenDendritic CellsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyInterleukin-2LigandsLymph NodesLymphocyte ActivationMiceCD28 AntigensCTLA-4 AntigenGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsInterleukin-2LigandsNFATC Transcription FactorsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellCD28CTLA-4cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4MP-IVMmultiphoton intravital microscopyNFATnuclear factor of activated T cellsTreg cellT regulatory celltumor tolerance

Identifiers

PMID34157302
PMCPMC8664158
OpenAlexW3174412391

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