Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21427289›Full record

ReviewBlood2011

Thymic T-cell development in allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Werner Krenger, Bruce R Blazar, Georg A Holländer

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Review in Blood, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

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105citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 206 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Werner KrengerDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Basel, and Basel University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
Bruce R Blazar
Georg A Holländer
University of Basel · CHUniversity of Minnesota · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Trial Design and Biostatistical Support CoreP01CA065493 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Mark J Osborn · 1995 to 2026
$48.2M
Molecular Mechanisms of Thymic Epithelial Cell Involution in AgingR01AG034874 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 2009 to 2013
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA065493NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI081918NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034874
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytoreductive conditioning regimens used in the context of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) elicit deficits in innate and adaptive immunity, which predispose patients to infections. As such, transplantation outcomes depend vitally on the successful reconstruction of immune competence. Restoration of a normal peripheral T-cell pool after HCT is a slow process that requires the de novo production of naive T cells in a functionally competent thymus. However, there are several challenges to this regenerative process. Most notably, advanced age, the cytotoxic pretransplantation conditioning, and posttransplantation alloreactivity are risk factors for T-cell immune deficiency as they independently interfere with normal thymus function. Here, we discuss preclinical allogeneic HCT models and clinical observations that have contributed to a better understanding of the transplant-related thymic dysfunction. The identification of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that control regular thymopoiesis but are altered in HCT patients is expected to provide the basis for new therapies that improve the regeneration of the adaptive immune system, especially with functionally competent, naive T cells.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsGraft vs Host DiseaseHumansThymus GlandT-LymphocytesTransplantation ConditioningTransplantation, Homologous

Identifiers

PMID21427289
PMCPMC3128475
OpenAlexW2014196091

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