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ArticleNature communications2026

The CD4

Shota Takei, Satoshi Yamasaki, Ou Yamaguchi, Atsuto Mouri, Ayako Shiono, Yu Miura, Kosuke Hashimoto, Hisao Imai, Kyoichi Kaira, Yoshinobu Ichiki and 5 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing 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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. 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.

Shota TakeiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-3810-8269
Satoshi YamasakiDepartment of Clinical Cancer Genomics, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-9315
Ou YamaguchiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Atsuto MouriDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Ayako ShionoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6546-3864
Yu MiuraDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Kosuke HashimotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Hisao ImaiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3097-4255
Kyoichi KairaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Yoshinobu IchikiDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Hiroyuki NitandaDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Hirozo SakaguchiDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Tomoyuki HishidaDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Katsuhisa HorimotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan.
Hiroshi KagamuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan. kagamu19@saitama-med.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4523-8517

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) 19ae0101074h0001MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23K24341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD4⁺ T cells support the priming, expansion, and function of CD8⁺ T cells through dendritic cells. Precursor exhausted T cells (Tpex) maintain self-renewal and supply cytotoxic CD8⁺ T cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME), but the identity of their CD4⁺ T-cell partners remains unclear. Here, we perform scRNA-seq, scTCR-seq, and mass cytometry analysis on peripheral blood, tumor, and lymph nodes primarily from lung cancer patients and, in part, renal cell carcinoma. We identify an IL-7R

Indexed as

CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesLung NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCarcinoma, Renal CellCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansKidney NeoplasmsLymph NodesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, Interleukin-7T-Cell ExhaustionReceptors, Interleukin-7

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PMID41904165
PMCPMC13194716

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