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ArticleAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2013

Regulatory dendritic cell infusion prolongs kidney allograft survival in nonhuman primates.

M B Ezzelarab, A F Zahorchak, L Lu, A E Morelli, G Chalasani, A J Demetris, F G Lakkis, M Wijkstrom, N Murase, A Humar and 3 more

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Article in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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80 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Donor-derived regulatory dendritic cell infusion results in host cell cross-dressing and T cell subset changes in prospective living donor liver transplant recipients.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M B EzzelarabDepartment of Surgery, Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
A F Zahorchak
L Lu
A E Morelli
G Chalasani
A J Demetris
F G Lakkis
M Wijkstrom
N Murase
A Humar
R Shapiro
D K C Cooper
A W Thomson
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

RHESUS MONKEY DENDRITIC CELLS FOR TRANSPLANT TOLERANCEU01AI051698 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI THOMSON, ANGUS W · 2002 to 2011
$4.9M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI051698NIAID NIH HHS U01AI051698
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined the influence of regulatory dendritic cells (DCreg), generated from cytokine-mobilized donor blood monocytes in vitamin D3 and IL-10, on renal allograft survival in a clinically relevant rhesus macaque model. DCreg expressed low MHC class II and costimulatory molecules, but comparatively high levels of programmed death ligand-1 (B7-H1), and were resistant to pro-inflammatory cytokine-induced maturation. They were infused intravenously (3.5-10 × 10(6) /kg), together with the B7-CD28 costimulation blocking agent CTLA4Ig, 7 days before renal transplantation. CTLA4Ig was given for up to 8 weeks and rapamycin, started on Day -2, was maintained with tapering of blood levels until full withdrawal at 6 months. Median graft survival time was 39.5 days in control monkeys (no DC infusion; n = 6) and 113.5 days (p < 0.05) in DCreg-treated animals (n = 6). No adverse events were associated with DCreg infusion, and there was no evidence of induction of host sensitization based on circulating donor-specific alloantibody levels. Immunologic monitoring also revealed regulation of donor-reactive memory CD95(+) T cells and reduced memory/regulatory T cell ratios in DCreg-treated monkeys compared with controls. Termination allograft histology showed moderate combined T cell- and Ab-mediated rejection in both groups. These findings justify further preclinical evaluation of DCreg therapy and their therapeutic potential in organ transplantation.

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AbataceptAnimalsCombined Modality TherapyDendritic CellsGraft SurvivalImmune ToleranceImmunoconjugatesImmunologic MemoryImmunosuppressive AgentsKidney DiseasesKidney TransplantationMacaca mulattaMaleSirolimusT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransplantation, HomologousAbataceptImmunoconjugatesImmunosuppressive AgentsSirolimusCostimulation blockadedendritic cellsmemory T cellsrapamycinrenal transplantrhesus macaques

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PMID23758811
PMCPMC4070451
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