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ArticleNature communications2025

Regulatory T cell therapy promotes TGF-β and IL-6-dependent pro-inflammatory Th17 cell generation by reducing IL-2.

Hao Cheng, Fang Nan, Ning Ji, Xiao Ma, Jianan Zhang, Hantian Liang, Wei Zhang, Hiroko Nakatsukasa, Huiyuan Zhang, Wenwen Jin and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Hao Cheng *Department of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Fang Nan *Department of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Ning Ji *State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xiao MaDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Jianan ZhangDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Hantian LiangDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Hiroko NakatsukasaLaboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba, Chiba University, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7023-9920
Huiyuan ZhangCenter for Immunology and Hematology, Department of Biotherapy and Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1532-2462
Wenwen JinMucosal Immunology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 30 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Hong JiangDepartment of Pancreatic Surgery, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9481-9807
Jiyu TongDepartment of Immunology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xikun ZhouDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-2382
Ning LiDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Qi ZhangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6096-0690
Hongbo HuCenter for Immunology and Hematology, Department of Biotherapy and Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8177-7641
WanJun ChenMucosal Immunology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 30 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9335-2114
Hao XuState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. hao.xu@scu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5665-0139
Dunfang ZhangDepartment of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. dfzhang@scu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7545-9930

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD4

Indexed as

Interleukin-2Interleukin-6Th17 CellsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransforming Growth Factor betaAnimalsCell DifferentiationDisease Models, AnimalEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalFemaleInflammationInflammatory Bowel DiseasesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutSignal TransductionInterleukin-2Interleukin-6interleukin-6, mouseStat3 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription FactorSTAT5 Transcription FactorTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID40818959
PMCPMC12357911

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