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ArticleNature immunology2025

Aberrant T follicular helper cells generated by T

Tingting Fan, Chi Tai, Kiah C Sleiman, Madeline P Cutcliffe, Haram Kim, Ye Liu, Jianying Li, Gang Xin, Mollyanna Grashel, Laurie Baert and 13 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

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 18 papers.

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18citing 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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Targeting T follicular helper cells for lifelong health.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  6. PD-1MedComm · 2026
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  8. Highlights of 2025: advances in germinal centers.Immunology and cell biology · 2026
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  10. The gut-joint axis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.Arthritis research & therapy · 2026
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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

23 authors.

Tingting FanDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Chi TaiDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Kiah C SleimanDepartment of Immunobiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-931X
Madeline P CutcliffeDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Haram KimDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Ye LiuDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Jianying LiDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Gang XinDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Mollyanna GrashelDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Laurie BaertDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8309-7132
Chinwe EkeochaDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Paige VergenesDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Svetlana LimaJill Roberts Center and Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Wan-Lin LoDivision of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9074-6847
Judith LinDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6118-5086
Beatriz HanaokaDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Trevor N TankersleyDepartment of Immunobiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Min WangDepartment of Rheumatology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xuan ZhangDepartment of Rheumatology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8775-1699
George C TsokosDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9589-2360
Wael JarjourDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Randy LongmanJill Roberts Center and Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Hsin-Jung Joyce WuDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA. joyce.wu2@osumc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6050-0350

Funding

Tfh cells: linking the gut microbiota to a gut-distal autoimmune diseaseR01AI107117 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Hsin-Jung Joyce Wu · 2014 to 2026
$4.9M
Microbiota Control Lung Th17 Cell Response and Plasticity Leading to Autoimmune Lung DiseaseR01HL148347 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI WU, HSIN-JUNG JOYCE · 2020 to 2023
$1.8M
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Division of Intramural Research of the NIAID) AI107117NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148347NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI107117U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) HL148347
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Much remains unknown regarding T follicular helper 17 (T

Indexed as

AutoimmunityCell PlasticityT Follicular Helper CellsTh17 CellsAnimalsArthritis, RheumatoidB-LymphocytesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGerminal CenterHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPeyer's Patches

Identifiers

PMID40307450
PMCPMC12990214

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