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ReviewJournal of immunology research2015

Regulatory T Cells in Autoimmune and Viral Chronic Hepatitis.

Pascal Lapierre, Alain Lamarre

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Review in Journal of immunology research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Thymic NF-κB-inducing kinase regulates CD4Journal of hepatology · 2017
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  12. Immune Regulation of Intrahepatic Regulatory T Cells in Fibrotic Livers of Mice.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2017
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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.

Pascal LapierreLaboratoire d'Immunovirologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, QC, Canada H7V 1B7.
Alain LamarreLaboratoire d'Immunovirologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, QC, Canada H7V 1B7.
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-89797
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In both autoimmune liver disease and chronic viral hepatitis, the injury results from an immune-mediated cytotoxic T cell response to liver cells. As such, it is not surprising that CD4(+) regulatory T cells, a key regulatory population of T cells able to curb immune responses, could be involved in both autoimmune hepatitis and chronic viral hepatitis. The liver can induce the conversion of naïve CD4(+) T cells to CD4(+) regulatory T cells and induce tolerance to locally expressed antigens. This tolerance mechanism is carefully regulated in physiological conditions but any imbalance could be pathological. An overly tolerant immune response can lead to chronic infections while an overreactive and unbridled immune response can lead to autoimmune hepatitis. With the recent advent of monoclonal antibodies able to target regulatory T cells (daclizumab) and improve immune responses and several ongoing clinical trials analysing the impact of regulatory T cell infusion on autoimmune liver disease or liver transplant tolerance, modulation of immunological tolerance through CD4(+) regulatory T cells could be a key element of future immunotherapies for several liver diseases allowing restoring the balance between proper immune responses and tolerance.  .

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, ViralAutoantigensAutoimmunityHepatitis, AutoimmuneHepatitis, Viral, HumanHumansImmune ToleranceImmunotherapyLiverT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAntigens, ViralAutoantigens

Identifiers

PMID26106627
PMCPMC4464004
OpenAlexW1480254377

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