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ReviewScience immunology2023

Cellular and molecular waypoints along the path of T cell exhaustion.

Xin Lan, Caitlin C Zebley, Ben Youngblood

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Review in Science immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
16.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Alveolar echinococcosis drives functional reprogramming of hepatic CD8Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  19. Propagation of monocyte exhaustion memory and underlying mechanisms.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xin LanDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-1031-0435
Caitlin C ZebleyDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8419-4660
Ben YoungbloodDepartment of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1261-9957
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

EPIGENETIC REPROGRAMMING OF T CELL EXHAUSTION TO ENHANCE TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPYR01CA237311 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Benjamin Alan Youngblood · 2020 to 2026
$2.9M
Epigenetic Regulation of T-cell Exhaustion During Treated Chronic HIV InfectionR01AI114442 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI YOUNGBLOOD, BENJAMIN ALAN · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA237311NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114442
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thirty years of foundational research investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms promoting T cell exhaustion are now enabling rational design of T cell-based therapies for the treatment of chronic infections and cancer. Once described as a static cell fate, it is now well appreciated that the developmental path toward exhaustion is composed of a heterogeneous pool of cells with varying degrees of effector potential that ultimately converge on a terminally differentiated state. Recent description of the developmental stages along the differentiation trajectory of T cell exhaustion has provided insight into past immunotherapeutic success and future opportunities. Here, we discuss the hallmarks of distinct developmental stages occurring along the path to T cell dysfunction and the impact of these discrete CD8

Indexed as

CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesT-Cell ExhaustionCell DifferentiationImmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID37656775
PMCPMC10618911
OpenAlexW4386356626

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