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ReviewSignal transduction and targeted therapy2025

Tissue-resident immune cells: from defining characteristics to roles in diseases.

Jia Li, Chu Xiao, Chunxiang Li, Jie He

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Review in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jia Li *Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Chu Xiao *Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Chunxiang LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. lichunxiang@cicams.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3477-1535
Jie HeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. prof.jiehe@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0327-8852

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81972196
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue-resident immune cells (TRICs) are a highly heterogeneous and plastic subpopulation of immune cells that reside in lymphoid or peripheral tissues without recirculation. These cells are endowed with notably distinct capabilities, setting them apart from their circulating leukocyte counterparts. Many studies demonstrate their complex roles in both health and disease, involving the regulation of homeostasis, protection, and destruction. The advancement of tissue-resolution technologies, such as single-cell sequencing and spatiotemporal omics, provides deeper insights into the cell morphology, characteristic markers, and dynamic transcriptional profiles of TRICs. Currently, the reported TRIC population includes tissue-resident T cells, tissue-resident memory B (BRM) cells, tissue-resident innate lymphocytes, tissue-resident macrophages, tissue-resident neutrophils (TRNs), and tissue-resident mast cells, but unignorably the existence of TRNs is controversial. Previous studies focus on one of them in specific tissues or diseases, however, the origins, developmental trajectories, and intercellular cross-talks of every TRIC type are not fully summarized. In addition, a systemic overview of TRICs in disease progression and the development of parallel therapeutic strategies is lacking. Here, we describe the development and function characteristics of all TRIC types and their major roles in health and diseases. We shed light on how to harness TRICs to offer new therapeutic targets and present burning questions in this field.

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MacrophagesNeutrophilsT-LymphocytesAnimalsB-LymphocytesHumansMast Cells

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PMID39820040
PMCPMC11755756

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