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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Regulatory T Cells in Autoimmunity and Cancer: A Duplicitous Lifestyle.

Aikaterini Hatzioannou, Athina Boumpas, Miranta Papadopoulou, Iosif Papafragkos, Athina Varveri, Themis Alissafi, Panayotis Verginis

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 80 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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Aikaterini HatzioannouInstitute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Athina BoumpasCenter of Clinical, Experimental Surgery & Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Miranta PapadopoulouCenter of Clinical, Experimental Surgery & Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Iosif PapafragkosInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece.
Athina VarveriCenter of Clinical, Experimental Surgery & Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Themis AlissafiCenter of Clinical, Experimental Surgery & Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Panayotis VerginisInstitute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Academy of Athens · GRBiomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens · GRFoundation for Research and Technology Hellas · GRTU Dresden · DEUniversity of Crete · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T (Treg) cells, possess a strategic role in the maintenance of immune homeostasis, and their function has been closely linked to development of diverse pathologies including autoimmunity and cancer. Comprehensive studies in various disease contexts revealed an increased plasticity as a characteristic of Treg cells. Although Treg cell plasticity comes in various flavors, the major categories enclose the loss of Foxp3 expression, which is the master regulator of Treg cell lineage, giving rise to "ex-Treg" cells and the "fragile" Treg cells in which

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AutoimmunityCell PlasticityAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesCell LineageCytokinesForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansImmunotherapyLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingNeoplasmsPhenotypeSignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTumor EscapeCytokinesForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, humanautoimmune diseasecancerimmunotherapyregulatory T celltolerance

Identifiers

PMID34539668
PMCPMC8446642
OpenAlexW3197767495

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