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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2025

The roles of arginases and arginine in immunity.

Stefania Canè, Roger Geiger, Vincenzo Bronte

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors.

Stefania CanèThe Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-4681
Roger GeigerInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8016-1669
Vincenzo BronteThe Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy. vincenzo.bronte@iov.veneto.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3741-5141

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arginase activity and arginine metabolism in immune cells have important consequences for health and disease. Their dysregulation is commonly observed in cancer, autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases. Following the initial description of a role for arginase in the dysfunction of T cells mounting an antitumour response, numerous studies have broadened our understanding of the regulation and expression of arginases and their integration with other metabolic pathways. Here, we highlight the differences in arginase compartmentalization and storage between humans and rodents that should be taken into consideration when assessing the effects of arginase activity. We detail the roles of arginases, arginine and its metabolites in immune cells and their effects in the context of cancer, autoimmunity and infectious disease. Finally, we explore potential therapeutic strategies targeting arginases and arginine.

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ArginaseArginineImmunityAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesCommunicable DiseasesHumansNeoplasmsArginaseArginine

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