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ReviewJournal of leukocyte biology2015

The signaling symphony: T cell receptor tunes cytokine-mediated T cell differentiation.

Weishan Huang, Avery August

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of leukocyte biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Weishan HuangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA weishan.huang@cornell.edu averyaugust@cornell.edu.
Avery AugustDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA weishan.huang@cornell.edu averyaugust@cornell.edu.
Cornell University · US

Funding

Tyrosine Kinase ITK in Experimental Allergic AsthmaR01AI051626 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI AUGUST, AVERY · 2003 to 2012
$3.6M
Eosinophils and Allergic Airway ResponsesR01AI073955 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI AUGUST, AVERY · 2008 to 2012
$1.9M
Selective Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Modulators and T cell Effector FunctionR21AI108958 · NIAID · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI AUGUST, AVERY · 2014 to 2015
$430k
Eosinophils and Allergic Airway ResponsesR56AI073955 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI AUGUST, AVERY · 2008 to 2008
$61k
NIAID NIH HHS AI073955NIAID NIH HHS AI108958NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051626NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073955NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI108958NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI073955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell development, differentiation, and maintenance are orchestrated by 2 key signaling axes: the antigen-specific TCR and cytokine-mediated signals. The TCR signals the recognition of self- and foreign antigens to control T cell homeostasis for immune tolerance and immunity, which is regulated by a variety of cytokines to determine T cell subset homeostasis and differentiation. TCR signaling can synergize with or antagonize cytokine-mediated signaling to fine tune T cell fate; however, the latter is less investigated. Murine models with attenuated TCR signaling strength have revealed that TCR signaling can function as regulatory feedback machinery for T cell homeostasis and differentiation in differential cytokine milieus, such as IL-2-mediated Treg development; IL-7-mediated, naïve CD8(+) T cell homeostasis; and IL-4-induced innate memory CD8(+) T cell development. In this review, we discuss the symphonic cross-talk between TCR and cytokine-mediated responses that differentially control T cell behavior, with a focus on the negative tuning by TCR activation on the cytokine effects.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationCytokinesHomeostasisHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesCytokinesReceptors, Antigen, T-Celleffector functionhomeostasispathway crosstalkproliferationsignal rheostat

Identifiers

PMID25525115
PMCPMC4338847
OpenAlexW2009854316

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