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ReviewCurrent opinion in organ transplantation2009

Memory T-cell-specific therapeutics in organ transplantation.

Andrew J Page, Mandy L Ford, Allan D Kirk

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Review in Current opinion in organ transplantation, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
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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

34 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Distinct peripheral blood molecular signature emerges with successful tacrolimus withdrawal in kidney transplant recipients.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2020
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  2. T-cell receptor sequencing reveals selected donor-reactive CD8American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2024
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  4. Donor apoptotic cell-based therapy for effective inhibition of donor-specific memory T and B cells to promote long-term allograft survival in allosensitized recipients.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2020
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  6. T follicular helper and memory cell responses and the mTOR pathway in murine heart transplantation.The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · 2020
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  10. Alloimmune T cells in transplantation.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2017
    Review
  11. Selective Targeting of High-Affinity LFA-1 Does Not Augment Costimulation Blockade in a Nonhuman Primate Renal Transplantation Model.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2017
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  15. Premature T Cell Senescence in Pediatric CKD.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2017
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  16. Genetic barriers in transplantation medicine.World journal of transplantation · 2016
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Andrew J PageEmory Transplant Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Mandy L Ford
Allan D Kirk

Funding

TRANSPLANT TOLERANCE--COSTIMULATION, CYTOKINES &CHIMERISMP01AI044644 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LARSEN, CHRISTIAN P. · 1998 to 2010
$9.7M
Adjuvant Therapies Improving the Anti-Rejection Effects of Costimulation BlockadeU01AI079223 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI KIRK, ALLAN D. · 2009 to 2012
$2.4M
Antigen Density Critically Impacts T Cell Programming During TransplantationK22AI079409 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FORD, MANDY L · 2009 to 2010
$270k
NIAID NIH HHS 1U01AI079223-01A1NIAID NIH HHS AI 079409NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI079409NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI044644NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI079223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review details the role of memory T cells in physiologic and allospecific immunity, and summarizes the effects of immunosuppressive agents used to manipulate their function in the context of organ transplantation. RECENT

findingsMemory T cells are lymphocytes with characteristics that are thought to promote anamnestic immune responses. They have a unique capacity to generate rapid effector functions upon secondary exposure to a pathogen, and this capacity is achieved through truncated requirements for antigen presentation, reduced activation thresholds, and enhanced trafficking and adhesion mechanisms. In general, these same mechanisms also appear to evoke improved efficiency in mediating allograft rejection. The phenotype of these cells has been increasingly well defined and associated with a characteristic pattern of susceptibility to immunosuppressive agents. This knowledge is now being exploited in the development of immune therapeutic regimens to selectively mollify T memory cell effects. SUMMARY: A specific targeting of memory T cells has potential to prevent allograft rejection in a more precise manner than current means of immunosuppression. However, these benefits will be balanced by the reciprocal risk of susceptibility to recurrent infection.

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Communicable DiseasesGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHumansImmunologic MemoryImmunosuppressive AgentsOrgan TransplantationT-LymphocytesTransplantation, HomologousTreatment OutcomeImmunosuppressive Agents

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PMID19779342
PMCPMC2833266

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