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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

CD4

Xiaobo Sun, Xinwen Zhang, Yuhan He, Xueting Du, Qian Cai, Zhihong Liu

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Monocyte-mediated mechanisms in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: opportunities for early intervention.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  6. Integrating mechanical cues inFrontiers in immunology · 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

6 authors.

Xiaobo Sun *Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.
Xinwen Zhang *Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.
Yuhan HeKey Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.
Xueting DuPathogenic Microbiology Laboratory, Yinchuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yinchuan, China.
Qian CaiKey Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.
Zhihong LiuKey Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary fibrosis is an interstitial lung disease characterized by chronic progressive fibrosis. It is associated with fibrocyte proliferation and collagen deposition, leading to severe, irreversible lung function decline. Despite extensive research, the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary fibrosis are complicated and have no effective treatment. During the formation of pulmonary fibrosis, immune dysregulation by inflammatory cell infiltration is the key driver of pulmonary fibrosis. Recently, single-cell sequencing analysis of silicosis mice showed that various cells in the alveolar immune microenvironment are involved in forming pulmonary fibrosis, such as macrophages, fibroblasts, epithelial cells, etc. Among them, T cell subpopulations in silicosis mice were significantly activated, indicating that T lymphocyte subsets play an essential role in the process of pulmonary fibrosis. More and more pulmonary clinical studies show that T lymphocytes in the lung immune microenvironment play an important and multifaceted role. This article summarizes the role of CD4

Indexed as

CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesPneumoniaPulmonary FibrosisAnimalsHumansLungMiceCD4 + T cellsCD8 + T cellsdrug and targetinflammationpulmonary fibrosis

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PMID40433386
PMCPMC12107634

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