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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2016

Alloantibody Generation and Effector Function Following Sensitization to Human Leukocyte Antigen.

Michelle J Hickey, Nicole M Valenzuela, Elaine F Reed

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michelle J HickeyDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Immunogenetics Center, University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles, CA , USA.
Nicole M ValenzuelaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Immunogenetics Center, University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles, CA , USA.
Elaine F ReedDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Immunogenetics Center, University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles, CA , USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Anti-MHC Effects on EndotheliumR56AI042819 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI REED, ELAINE F · 2015 to 2015
$385k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI042819
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allorecognition is the activation of the adaptive immune system to foreign human leukocyte antigen (HLA) resulting in the generation of alloantibodies. Due to a high polymorphism, foreign HLA is recognized by the immune system following transplant, transfusion, or pregnancy resulting in the formation of the germinal center and the generation of long-lived alloantibody-producing memory B cells. Alloantibodies recognize antigenic epitopes displayed by the HLA molecule on the transplanted allograft and contribute to graft damage through multiple mechanisms, including (1) activation of the complement cascade resulting in the formation of the MAC complex and inflammatory anaphylatoxins, (2) transduction of intracellular signals leading to cytoskeletal rearrangement, growth, and proliferation of graft vasculature, and (3) immune cell infiltration into the allograft via FcγR interactions with the FC portion of the antibody. This review focuses on the generation of HLA alloantibody, routes of sensitization, alloantibody specificity, and mechanisms of antibody-mediated graft damage.

Indexed as

allorecognitioncomplementendotheliumFc receptorHLA antibodyhuman leukocyte antigennon-HLA antibodytransplant

Identifiers

PMID26870045
PMCPMC4740371
OpenAlexW2252378111

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