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ReviewExperimental & molecular medicine2025

The role of coinhibitory receptor-expressing non-T cells in inflammation and immunity: unsung heroes or peripheral players?

Chaimae Khaled, Mijin Kim, Booki Min

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Review in Experimental & molecular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chaimae Khaled *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Mijin Kim *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9918-4019
Booki MinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. booki.min@northwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2151-9413

Funding

The role of IL-27/Lag3 axis in regulating Foxp3+ regulatory T cell functionR01AI125247 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Booki Min · 2017 to 2026
$3.4M
Foxp3+ regulatory T cell-dependent treatment of allergic inflammation by glucocorticoidsR01AI147498 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MIN, BOOKI · 2019 to 2022
$2.2M
miR-342, a novel glucocorticoid-responsive miRNA necessary for Foxp3+ regulatory T cell functionR21AI172135 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MIN, BOOKI · 2023 to 2024
$440k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125247NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI147498NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI172135U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) AI125247U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) AI147498U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) AI172135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune responses are finely regulated by multiple mechanisms, among which immune regulatory coreceptor family molecules play a central role in both enhancing and suppressing immune responses. Traditionally, T cells have been considered the primary cell type expressing these receptors, through which their responses are modulated. This understanding led to the emergence of the field of 'immune checkpoint blockade', which aims to rejuvenate T cells that have become exhausted in the context of chronic infections or the tumor environments. The molecules targeted by such approaches include PD1, CTLA4, Lag3, Tim3 and TIGIT, coinhibitory receptors predominantly expressed on conventional T cells exhibiting functionally impaired, exhausted phenotypes. Interestingly, an expanding array of non-T cell types also express these receptors, although their specific roles remain largely elusive. Here we explore the immune regulatory functions of these coreceptors as expressed on non-conventional T cells, such as myeloid cells and B cells, highlighting their potential contributions to immune regulation.

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ImmunityInflammationAnimalsB-LymphocytesHumansLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinMyeloid CellsReceptors, ImmunologicT-LymphocytesLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinReceptors, Immunologic

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PMID41177809
PMCPMC12686524

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