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ArticleNature immunology2025

Damage-induced IL-18 stimulates thymic NK cells limiting endogenous tissue regeneration.

David Granadier, Kirsten Cooper, Dante Acenas, Anastasia Kousa, Makya Warren, Vanessa Hernandez, Lorenzo Iovino, Paul deRoos, Emma E Lederer, Steve Shannon-Sevillano and 5 more

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Article in Nature 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

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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Interleukin-18 armours antitumour immune effectors.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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  3. Unconventional functions of natural killer cells in homeostasis and disease.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2026
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  9. Thymic regeneration and tumor immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
    Review
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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

15 authors.

David GranadierTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA. dgranadi@fredhutch.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1983-4190
Kirsten CooperTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0711-2713
Dante AcenasTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Anastasia KousaTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Makya WarrenTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3252-5448
Vanessa HernandezTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lorenzo IovinoTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3165-1899
Paul deRoosTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Emma E LedererTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4103-5388
Steve Shannon-SevillanoTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sinéad KinsellaTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Cindy EvandyTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Marcel R M van den BrinkBeckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0696-4401
Andri LemarquisBeckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
Jarrod A DudakovTranslational Science and Therapeutic Division and Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA. jdudakov@fredhutch.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-5632

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Eric Collisson · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
Thymic and Peripheral Aspects of T Cell Aging and RejuvenationP01AG052359 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Jennifer L. Uhrlaub · 2017 to 2026
$23.5M
TRAINING IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007270 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RAIBLE, DAVID W · 1985 to 2020
$21.0M
Promoting T cell reconstitution after hematopoietic cell transplantationR35HL171556 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER · PI Jarrod Dudakov · 2024 to 2026
$3.6M
Modulation of signaling from damage-associated molecular patterns to improve radiation-induced thymic dysfunctionU01AI170035 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER · PI Jarrod Dudakov · 2022 to 2026
$3.0M
Harnessing endogenous mechanisms of thymic regeneration toboost immune function in recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantR01HL145276 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI DUDAKOV, JARROD · 2019 to 2023
$2.8M
Regulation of thymic regeneration by GPR39R01HL165673 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER · PI DUDAKOV, JARROD · 2022 to 2023
$1.2M
Targeting IL-18 in Thymic RegenerationF30HL165761 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI GRANADIER, DAVID WILLIAM · 2023 to 2024
$97k
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Division of Intramural Research of the NIAID) U01-AI70035NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704NHLBI NIH HHS F30 HL165761NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL145276NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL165673NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL171556NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI170035NIA NIH HHS P01 AG052359NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007270U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P30-CA015704U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R01-HL145276U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R01-HL165673U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) R35-HL171556U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) F30-HL165761U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) P01-AG052359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is an acute-phase proinflammatory molecule crucial for mediating viral clearance by activating T helper 1 CD4

Indexed as

Interleukin-18Killer Cells, NaturalRegenerationThymus GlandAnimalsEpithelial CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicInterleukin-18

Identifiers

PMID40935830
PMCPMC12479347

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