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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2015

Regulatory T cell-mediated anti-inflammatory effects promote successful tissue repair in both indirect and direct manners.

Hong Lei, Katharina Schmidt-Bleek, Anke Dienelt, Petra Reinke, Hans-Dieter Volk

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers.

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119citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

119 citing papers in PubMed, 172 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hong LeiBerlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany ; Institute for Medical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany.
Katharina Schmidt-BleekBerlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany ; Julius Wolff Institute, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany.
Anke DieneltBerlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany ; Julius Wolff Institute, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany.
Petra ReinkeBerlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany ; Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany.
Hans-Dieter VolkBerlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany ; Institute for Medical Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin, Germany.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) offer new immunotherapeutic options to control undesired immune reactions, such as those in transplant rejection and autoimmunity. In addition, tissue repair and regeneration depend on a multitude of tightly regulated immune and non-immune cells and signaling molecules. There is mounting evidence that adequate innate responses, and even more importantly balanced adaptive immune responses, are key players in the tissue repair and regeneration processes, even in absence of any immune-related disease or infection. Thus, the anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic capacities of Treg can affect not only the effector immune response, creating the appropriate immune environment for successful tissue repair and regeneration, but growing evidence shows that they also have direct effects on tissue cell functions. Here we summarize the present views on how Treg might support tissue regeneration by direct control of undesired immune reactivity and also by direct interaction with non-immune tissue cells. We describe tissue-resident Treg and their specific phenotypes in skin, visceral adipose tissue, and skeletal muscle. In addition, we touch on the topic of osteoimmunology, discussing the direct interactions of Treg with bone-forming cells, such as osteoblasts and their mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) progenitors-a field which is under-investigated. We hypothesize a cross-talk between Treg and bone-forming cells through the CD39-CD73-(adenosine)-adenosine receptor pathway, which might also potentiate the differentiation of MSCs, thus facilitating bone regeneration. This hypothesis may provide a road map for further investigations on the cross-talk between the immune and the skeletal system, and also enable the development of better strategies to promote bone repair and regeneration.

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inflammationosteoblastspurinergic signalingregulatory T cellstissue regeneration

Identifiers

PMID26388774
PMCPMC4557110
OpenAlexW1891814212

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