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ArticleScience translational medicine2021

scRNA-seq of human vitiligo reveals complex networks of subclinical immune activation and a role for CCR5 in T

Kyle J Gellatly, James P Strassner, Kingsley Essien, Maggi Ahmed Refat, Rachel L Murphy, Anthony Coffin-Schmitt, Amit G Pandya, Andrea Tovar-Garza, Michael L Frisoli, Xueli Fan and 6 more

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Article in Science translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
73citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.3field-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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Regulatory T cells in the skin: Origin, function, and plasticity.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2026
    Review
  5. Endothelial cell expression of STINGThe Journal of investigative dermatology · 2026
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  7. Vitiligo Information Resource database v3.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2026
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  11. The immunology of vitiligo.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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  12. Melanocyte loss dominates the vitiligo transcriptome: a rank-based meta-analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  17. Evolving role of CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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13 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

16 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kyle J GellatlyProgram in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3500-2025
James P StrassnerDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0632-1169
Kingsley EssienDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5299-0040
Maggi Ahmed RefatDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Rachel L MurphyProgram in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Anthony Coffin-SchmittProgram in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Amit G PandyaDepartment of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3916-2651
Andrea Tovar-GarzaDepartment of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1092-208X
Michael L FrisoliDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3397-9687
Xueli FanDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Xiaolan DingDepartment of Dermatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Evangeline E KimDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
Zainab AbbasDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2948-7401
Patrick McDonelProgram in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5254-3635
Manuel GarberProgram in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8732-1293
John E HarrisDepartment of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7815-6430
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USPeking University · CN

Funding

University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical Science and Translational SupplementUL1TR001453 · NCATS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LUZURIAGA, KATHERINE F · 2015 to 2024
$39.0M
Innate Immunity Training ProgramT32AI095213 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SILVERMAN, NEAL · 2011 to 2025
$2.5M
Treg Migration and Function During Autoimmunity within Peripheral TissueR01AR069114 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI HARRIS, JOHN E · 2015 to 2020
$2.2M
Training in the Molecular Basis of Autoimmunity and AutoinflammationT32AI132152 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Ann Marshak-Rothstein · 2018 to 2026
$1.6M
Dissecting autoimmune cellular and molecular networks in vitiligoR61AR073042 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GARBER, MANUEL, HARRIS, JOHN E · 2017 to 2018
$838k
Dissecting autoimmune cellular and molecular networks in vitiligoR33AR073042 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GARBER, MANUEL, HARRIS, JOHN E · 2019 to 2019
$419k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001453NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI095213NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI132152NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR069114NIAMS NIH HHS R33 AR073042NIAMS NIH HHS R61 AR073042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitiligo is an autoimmune skin disease characterized by the targeted destruction of melanocytes by T cells. Cytokine signaling between keratinocytes and T cells results in CD8

Indexed as

Receptors, CCR5RNA, Small CytoplasmicVitiligoHumansSingle-Cell AnalysisT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryCCR5 protein, humanReceptors, CCR5RNA, Small Cytoplasmic

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PMID34516831
PMCPMC8686160
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