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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Regulatory T Cells: Regulation of Identity and Function.

Payal Grover, Peeyush N Goel, Mark I Greene

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In one paragraph

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 122 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
122citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.7field-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

122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.

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62 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Payal GroverDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Peeyush N GoelDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Mark I GreeneDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Immunologic aspects of targeted therapy of erbB tumorsR01CA219034 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GREENE, MARK I · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA219034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T regulatory cells suppress a variety of immune responses to self-antigens and play a role in peripheral tolerance maintenance by limiting autoimmune disorders, and other pathological immune responses such as limiting immune reactivity to oncoprotein encoded antigens. Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) expression is required for Treg stability and affects functional activity. Mutations in the master regulator FOXP3 and related components have been linked to autoimmune diseases in humans, such as IPEX, and a scurfy-like phenotype in mice. Several lines of evidence indicate that Treg use a variety of immunosuppressive mechanisms to limit an immune response by targeting effector cells, including secretion of immunoregulatory cytokines, granzyme/perforin-mediated cell cytolysis, metabolic perturbation, directing the maturation and function of antigen-presenting cells (APC) and secretion of extracellular vesicles for the development of immunological tolerance. In this review, several regulatory mechanisms have been highlighted and discussed.

Indexed as

AnimalsForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, humanantitumor immunityautoimmuneFOXP3immunosuppression mechanismsT-effector cellsTip60Treg-regulatory T cells

Identifiers

PMID34675933
PMCPMC8524049
OpenAlexW3201702469

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