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ArticleNature2025

Thymic epithelial cells amplify epigenetic noise to promote immune tolerance.

Noah Gamble, Jason A Caldwell, Joshua McKeever, Caroline Kaiser, Alexandra Bradu, Peyton J Dooley, Sandy Klemm, William J Greenleaf, Narutoshi Hibino, Aaron R Dinner and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

11 authors.

Noah GambleDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jason A CaldwellDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9728-8690
Joshua McKeeverDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Caroline KaiserDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2731-407X
Alexandra BraduDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2237-034X
Peyton J DooleyDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-0690-0313
Sandy KlemmDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
William J GreenleafDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1409-3095
Narutoshi HibinoDepartment of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4551-9079
Aaron R DinnerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8328-6427
Andrew S KohDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. akoh@uchicago.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4198-0143

Funding

VIRAL ONCOLOGY CORE FACILITYP30CA014599 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI KUNLE ODUNSI · 1985 to 2026
$122.1M
The Institute for Translational MedicineUL1TR002389 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Joshua J Jacobs, DAVID O MELTZER · 2017 to 2026
$71.6M
INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007090 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Peter Aidan Savage · 1985 to 2026
$11.7M
Multi-Disciplinary Training Grant in Cancer ResearchT32CA009594 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI KAY F MACLEOD, Scott A. Oakes · 1989 to 2026
$11.5M
Mechanisms underpinning p53 suppression of chromatin noise and cellular plasticityR35GM138150 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Andrew S Koh · 2020 to 2026
$2.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002389NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014599NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009594NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007090NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138150
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular plasticity is a principal feature of vertebrate adaptation, tissue repair and tumorigenesis

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticEpithelial CellsImmune ToleranceThymus GlandAIRE ProteinAnimalsAutoimmunityChromatinDNA DamageFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNucleosomesT-LymphocytesTranscription FactorsAIRE ProteinChromatinNucleosomesTranscription FactorsTumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID40836089
PMCPMC12527919

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