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ArticleNature communications2021

DL4-μbeads induce T cell lineage differentiation from stem cells in a stromal cell-free system.

Ashton C Trotman-Grant, Mahmood Mohtashami, Joshua De Sousa Casal, Elisa C Martinez, Dylan Lee, Sintia Teichman, Patrick M Brauer, Jianxun Han, Michele K Anderson, Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ashton C Trotman-GrantDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mahmood MohtashamiSunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Joshua De Sousa CasalDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2006-3992
Elisa C MartinezSunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dylan LeeSunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sintia TeichmanDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Patrick M BrauerSunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7788-5204
Jianxun HanSunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Michele K AndersonDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8820-5910
Juan Carlos Zúñiga-PflückerDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. jczp@sri.utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-2538-3178
Sunnybrook Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CASunnybrook Health Science Centre · CA

Funding

Third-party “off the shelf” mature or precursor CAR T cells to prevent or treat malignant relapse after allo HCTR01HL147584 · NHLBI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI VAN DEN BRINK, MARCEL R M · 2019 to 2022
$2.7M
CIHR FDN-154332NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL147584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cells are pivotal effectors of the immune system and can be harnessed as therapeutics for regenerative medicine and cancer immunotherapy. An unmet challenge in the field is the development of a clinically relevant system that is readily scalable to generate large numbers of T-lineage cells from hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs). Here, we report a stromal cell-free, microbead-based approach that supports the efficient in vitro development of both human progenitor T (proT) cells and T-lineage cells from CD34

Indexed as

LymphopoiesisAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsAntigens, CD34Calcium-Binding ProteinsCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell LineageCells, CulturedHematopoietic Stem CellsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred NODPluripotent Stem CellsPrimary Immunodeficiency DiseasesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAntigens, CD34Calcium-Binding ProteinsDLL4 protein, human

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PMID34408144
PMCPMC8373879
OpenAlexW3195992586

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