Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26126193›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in organ transplantation2015

New insights into the mechanisms of Treg function.

David M Rothstein, Geoffrey Camirand

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Review in Current opinion in organ transplantation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Fatty acid oxidation in immune function.Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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  8. Pharmacological Effects of Astragaloside IV: A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  11. Immunity in Atherosclerosis: Focusing on T and B Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  17. Expansion of CD45RAClinical & translational immunology · 2021
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  19. Annals of translational medicine · 2020
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  20. A case for the reuse and adaptation of mechanistic computational models to study transplant immunology.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David M RothsteinaDepartments of Medicine and Immunology bDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, The Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Geoffrey Camirand
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Tolerance Through Induction of Regulatory T CellsP01AI064343 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SHLOMCHIK, WARREN D · 2006 to 2010
$7.0M
The role of TIM-1 and Regulatory B cells in Allograft ToleranceR01AI097361 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ROTHSTEIN, DAVID M · 2012 to 2016
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS AI097361NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI064343NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI097361
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewCD4Foxp3 regulatory T cells (Tregs) are crucial in controlling immunity and self-tolerance. Consequently, in transplantation, Tregs play a central role in inhibiting acute rejection and promoting allograft tolerance. A more complete understanding of Treg biology may lead to novel therapeutic approaches to enhance Treg numbers and function. RECENT

findingsThe maintenance of self-tolerance in nonlymphoid tissues requires the differentiation of Tregs in secondary lymphoid organs from naïve-like central Tregs into effector Tregs. Antigen and environmental cues guide this Treg differentiation, which parallels the types of adaptive immune responses taking place, allowing them to enter and function within specific nonlymphoid tissues. In addition to controlling inflammation, tissue-infiltrating Tregs unexpectedly regulate nonimmune processes, including metabolic homeostasis and tissue repair. Finally, Tregs can be directly and specifically targeted in vivo to augment their numbers or enhance their function in both secondary lymphoid organs and nonlymphoid tissues. SUMMARY: Tregs exhibit a previously unrecognized breadth of function, which includes tissue-specific specialization and the regulation of both immune and nonimmune processes. This is of particular importance in transplantation since allo-reactive memory T cells can act directly within the allograft. Thus, therapeutic approaches may need to promote Treg function in transplanted tissue, as well as in secondary lymphoid organs. Such therapy would not only prevent inflammation and acute rejection, but may also promote nonimmune processes within the allograft such as tissue homeostasis and repair.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigensCell DifferentiationHumansImmune ToleranceLymphoid TissueT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransplantation, HomologousAntigens

Identifiers

PMID26126193
PMCPMC4575588
OpenAlexW857564341

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