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ArticleThe EMBO journal2021

Calcium signals regulate the functional differentiation of thymic iNKT cells.

Meng Zhao, Ariel Quintana, Chen Zhang, Alexander Y Andreyev, William Kiosses, Tomomi Kuwana, Anne Murphy, Patrick G Hogan, Mitchell Kronenberg

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Metabolic control of innate-like T cells.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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  2. CFTR dictates monocyte adhesion by facilitating integrin clustering but not activation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Meng ZhaoDivision of Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6392-4954
Ariel QuintanaDivision of Signaling and Gene Expression, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Chen ZhangDivision of Signaling and Gene Expression, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Alexander Y AndreyevDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
William KiossesCore Microscopy, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Tomomi KuwanaDivision of Immune Regulation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Anne MurphyCytokinetics, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Patrick G HoganDivision of Signaling and Gene Expression, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9869-0684
Mitchell KronenbergDivision of Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6318-6445
La Jolla Institute for Immunology · USCytokinetics (United States) · USScripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Viral sensor IFIH1 promotes SLE through an altered interferon programP20GM139763 · NIGMS · OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION · PI Rajanarayanan S Srinivasan · 2021 to 2026
$20.3M
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND GENE INDUCTION IN T LYMPHOCYTESR01AI040127 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI HOGAN, PATRICK, RAO, ANJANA · 1996 to 2025
$13.3M
Oklahoma Rheumatic Disease Research Cores Center (Overall Application)P30AR073750 · NIAMS · OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION · PI JUDITH A JAMES · 2018 to 2026
$8.5M
Development and Function of NKT CellsR37AI071922 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI KRONENBERG, MITCHELL · 2006 to 2015
$4.9M
STIM-ORAI signaling and other calcium influx pathways in lymphocytesR01AI084167 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI HOGAN, PATRICK · 2009 to 2019
$4.9M
Resource-based Center for the study of the joint microenvironment in rheumatology (Overall Application)P30AR073761 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CORR, MARY P · 2018 to 2022
$3.9M
Rheumatic Diseases Research Training GrantT32AR064194 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GARY S FIRESTEIN, Monica Guma · 2013 to 2026
$3.8M
Host nutrients permit immune evasion of NKT cell anti-bacterial responsesR01AI137230 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI KRONENBERG, MITCHELL · 2018 to 2022
$3.1M
Differentiation of subsets of NKT cellsR01AI071922 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI KRONENBERG, MITCHELL · 2016 to 2020
$2.7M
Illumina HiSeq 2500 Sequencing SystemS10OD016262 · OD · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI RAO, ANJANA · 2013 to 2013
$600k
Super-resolution confocal microscopeS10OD021831 · OD · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI LEY, KLAUS F. · 2017 to 2017
$566k
FACSAria II Cell SorterS10RR027366 · NCRR · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI CROFT, MICHAEL · 2011 to 2011
$514k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027366NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI040127NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI071922NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI084167NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137230NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI071922NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR073750NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR073761NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR064194NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM139763NIH HHS S10 OD016262NIH HHS S10 OD021831NIH HHS S10 OD028479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How natural or innate-like lymphocytes generate the capacity to produce IL-4 and other cytokines characteristic of type 2 immunity remains unknown. Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells differentiate in the thymus into NKT1, NKT2, and NKT17 subsets, similar to mature, peripheral CD4

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationAnimalsCalciumCalcium Release Activated Calcium ChannelsCalcium SignalingMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMitochondriaNatural Killer T-CellsThymus GlandCalciumCalcium Release Activated Calcium Channelscalcium signalingiNKT cellsmetabolismmitochondriaT-cell differentiation

Identifiers

PMID34169542
PMCPMC8365263
OpenAlexW3173196806

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