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ReviewTransplantation2015

Memory B cells in transplantation.

Anita S Chong, Roger Sciammas

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Review in Transplantation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Marginal zone B cells are required for optimal humoral responses to allograft.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2025
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  4. Memory T follicular helper cells drive donor-specific antibodies independent of memory B cells and primary germinal center and alloantibody formation.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2023
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  12. Therapies for Chronic Allograft Rejection.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021
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  15. Heterogeneity of memory B cells.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2018
    Review
  16. Targeting B Cells and Plasma Cells in Glomerular Diseases: Translational Perspectives.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anita S Chong1 Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 2 Transplant Immunobiology Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX.
Roger Sciammas
University of Chicago · US

Funding

Re-Engineering Translational Research at the University of ChicagoUL1TR000430 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SOLWAY, JULIAN · 2012 to 2016
$20.2M
Deconstructing the allo-specific memory B cell responseR01AI110513 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI SCIAMMAS, ROGER · 2014 to 2017
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000430NIAID NIH HHS 1R01AI110513-01NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI110513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Much of the research on the humoral response to allografts has focused on circulating serum antibodies and the long-lived plasma cells that produce these antibodies. In contrast, the interrogation of the quiescent memory B cell compartment is technically more challenging and thus has not been incorporated into the clinical diagnostic or prognostic toolkit. In this review, we discuss new technologies that have allowed this heretofore enigmatic subset of B cells to be identified at quiescence and during a recall response. These technologies in experimental models are providing new insights into memory B cell heterogeneity with respect to their phenotype, cellular function, and the antibodies they produce. Similar technologies are also allowing for the identification of comparable memory alloreactive B cells in transplant recipients. Although much of the focus in transplant immunology has been on controlling the alloreactive B cell population, long-term transplant patient survival is also critically dependent on protection by pathogen-specific memory B cells. Techniques are available that allow the interrogation of memory B cell response to pathogen re-encounter. Thus, we are poised in our ability to investigate how immunosuppression affects allospecific and pathogen-specific memory B cells, and reason that these investigations can yield new insights that will be beneficial for graft and patient survival.

Indexed as

Immunity, HumoralImmunologic MemoryOrgan TransplantationTransplantation ToleranceAllograftsAnimalsB-LymphocytesGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHLA AntigensHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsIsoantibodiesPhenotypeTreatment OutcomeHLA AntigensImmunosuppressive AgentsIsoantibodies

Identifiers

PMID25525921
PMCPMC4273865
OpenAlexW2001380653

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