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ArticleImmunologic research2011

Hepatic antigen-presenting cells and regulation of liver transplant outcome.

Angus W Thomson, David A Geller, Chandrashekhar Gandhi, Noriko Murase, A Jake Demetris, Donna Beer-Stolz

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Article in Immunologic research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angus W ThomsonDepartment of Surgery, Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 200 Lothrop Street, W1540 BST, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. thomsonaw@upmc.edu
David A Geller
Chandrashekhar Gandhi
Noriko Murase
A Jake Demetris
Donna Beer-Stolz
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Liver Antigen - Presenting Cells in Hepatic Injury and TransplantationP01AI081678 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI THOMSON, ANGUS W · 2009 to 2010
$2.8M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the steady state, hepatic antigen (Ag)-presenting cells (APC) generally dampen systemic inflammatory responses to gut-derived Ags. Our studies focus on the role of specific liver APC populations, both non-parenchymal cells (dendritic cells [DC], Kupffer cells, and hepatic stellate cells [HSC]) and parenchymal cells, in the molecular regulation of tissue damage (ischemia and reperfusion [I/R] injury) and immunity following liver transplantation. We focus on factors that either promote or overwhelm the natural tendency of the liver to suppress inflammatory/immune responses. We are also examining molecular mechanisms that regulate liver DC maturation and function and that determine their role in the control of allogeneic T-cell function and the fate of the transplanted liver. Our studies are also aimed at elucidating mechanisms by which HSC regulate DC and T-cell function. These investigations may provide new targets for therapeutic intervention in liver inflammation.

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AnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsDendritic CellsHepatic Stellate CellsHumansImmune ToleranceImmunity, InnateLiverLiver TransplantationMiceReperfusion Injury

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PMID21717072
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