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ArticleScience immunology2023

Regulatory T cells shield muscle mitochondria from interferon-γ-mediated damage to promote the beneficial effects of exercise.

P Kent Langston, Yizhi Sun, Birgitta A Ryback, Amber L Mueller, Bruce M Spiegelman, Christophe Benoist, Diane Mathis

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Article in Science immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Exercise intensity and training alter the innate immune cell type and chromosomal origins of circulating cell-free DNA in humans.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  6. Modeling the Exposome in Murine Cardiovascular Disease.JACC. Basic to translational science · 2026
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  15. Regulatory T cells safeguard liver health during metabolic-associated steatohepatitis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

P Kent LangstonDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6655-1911
Yizhi SunDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5911-1117
Birgitta A RybackDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Amber L MuellerDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2842-1072
Bruce M SpiegelmanDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Christophe BenoistDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1172-6555
Diane MathisDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6110-4626
Harvard University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Muscle Tregs in health and diseaseR01AR070334 · NIAMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MATHIS, DIANE J · 2016 to 2025
$3.7M
Muscle regulatory T cells in exercise and agingF32AG072874 · NIA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI LANGSTON, PAUL KENT · 2021 to 2023
$210k
Epigenetic Dysregulation as a Driver of Skeletal Muscle AgingF32AG069363 · NIA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MUELLER, AMBER LEVELL · 2020 to 2021
$89k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR070334NIA NIH HHS F32 AG069363NIA NIH HHS F32 AG072874
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exercise enhances physical performance and reduces the risk of many disorders such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia, and cancer. Exercise characteristically incites an inflammatory response, notably in skeletal muscles. Although some effector mechanisms have been identified, regulatory elements activated in response to exercise remain obscure. Here, we have addressed the roles of Foxp3

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2T-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAnimalsInterferon-gammaMiceMitochondria, MuscleTranscription FactorsInterferon-gammaTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID37922340
PMCPMC10860652
OpenAlexW4388284383

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