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ReviewClinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)2015

Micro and nanoparticle drug delivery systems for preventing allotransplant rejection.

James D Fisher, Abhinav P Acharya, Steven R Little

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Inhibition of CD154:CD11b interactions using a novel nanotherapeutic improves allograft survival.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026
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  11. Nanotherapeutics in transplantation: How do we get to clinical implementation?American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2022
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James D FisherDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; The Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Abhinav P AcharyaThe McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Steven R LittleDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: srlittle@pitt.edu.
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Interdisciplinary Training in Transplantation BiologyT32AI074490 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Angus W Thomson · 2007 to 2026
$4.2M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI 074490NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI074490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite decades of advances in transplant immunology, tissue damage caused by acute allograft rejection remains the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the transplant recipient. Moreover, the long-term sequelae of lifelong immunosuppression leaves patients at risk for developing a host of other deleterious conditions. Controlled drug delivery using micro- and nanoparticles (MNPs) is an effective way to deliver higher local doses of a given drug to specific tissues and cells while mitigating systemic effects. Herein, we review several descriptions of MNP immunotherapies aimed at prolonging allograft survival. We also discuss developments in the field of biomimetic drug delivery that use MNP constructs to induce and recruit our bodies' own suppressive immune cells. Finally, we comment on the regulatory pathway associated with these drug delivery systems. Collectively, it is our hope the studies described in this review will help to usher in a new era of immunotherapy in organ transplantation.

Indexed as

Antigen-Presenting CellsAntimetabolitesDrug Delivery SystemsGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHumansImmunosuppression TherapyImmunosuppressive AgentsImmunotherapyNanoparticlesT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransplantation ToleranceAntimetabolitesImmunosuppressive AgentsBiomaterialsBiomimeticControlled releaseMicroparticlesNanoparticlesTransplant immunology

Identifiers

PMID25937032
PMCPMC4554802
OpenAlexW2017151568

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