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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Deciphering the deterministic role of TCR signaling in T cell fate determination.

Zhen Qin, Tao Xu

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Zhen QinZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Tao XuZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell receptor (TCR) signaling, also known as signal 1, plays a crucial role in the activation and proliferation of T cells. The question of whether TCR signaling exerts a deterministic role in T cell fate determination is an area of active investigation. It has been particularly challenging to address this question due to the complexities associated with genetic manipulation of TCR signaling components, which often disrupts thymic T cell development or impairs T cell activation upon TCR engagement. Recent study demonstrates that the TCR-Lck/Fyn axis directly induces STAT3 phosphorylation and synergizes with pro-inflammatory cytokines to optimize STAT3 phosphorylation during Th17 cell differentiation. Additionally, the TCR-Lck/Fyn-AKT/mTOR axis negatively regulates Treg cell differentiation. In CD8

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesAnimalsHumansLymphocyte ActivationReceptors, Antigen, T-Cellimmunometabolismmemory T cellsT cell differentiationT cell exhaustionT cell fateTCR signalingTCR signal strengthTpex

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PMID40469304
PMCPMC12133819

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