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ArticleAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2016

Selective Sparing of Human Tregs by Pharmacologic Inhibitors of the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase and MEK Pathways.

N A Zwang, R Zhang, S Germana, M Y Fan, W D Hastings, A Cao, L A Turka

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Article in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Regulatory T Cell Plasticity and Stability and Autoimmune Diseases.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

N A ZwangCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
R ZhangCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
S GermanaCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
M Y FanCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
W D HastingsNovartis Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA.
A CaoNovartis Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA.
L A TurkaCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USNovartis (United States) · US

Funding

XENOGENIC TOLERANCE IN MICEP01HL018646 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MADSEN, JOREN C · 1985 to 2019
$37.5M
TRAINING IN TRANSPLANTATION BIOLOGYT32AI007529 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MADSEN, JOREN C · 1998 to 2024
$6.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL018646NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated (MEK) signaling are central to the survival and proliferation of many cell types. Multiple lines of investigation in murine models have shown that control of the PI3K pathway is particularly important for regulatory T cell (Treg) stability and function. PI3K and MEK inhibitors are being introduced into the clinic, and we hypothesized that pharmacologic inhibition of PI3K, and possibly MEK, in mixed cultures of human mononuclear cells would preferentially affect CD4(+) and CD8(+) lymphocytes compared with Tregs. We tested this hypothesis using four readouts: proliferation, activation, functional suppression, and signaling. Results showed that Tregs were less susceptible to inhibition by both δ and α isoform-specific PI3K inhibitors and by an MEK inhibitor compared with their conventional CD4(+) and CD8(+) counterparts. These studies suggest less functional reliance on PI3K and MEK signaling in Tregs compared with conventional CD4(+) and CD8(+) lymphocytes. Therefore, the PI3K and MEK pathways are attractive pharmacologic targets for transplantation and treatment of autoimmunity.

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Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsApoptosisCell ProliferationCells, CulturedHumansMAP Kinase Kinase 1Protein Kinase InhibitorsSignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryMAP Kinase Kinase 1Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProtein Kinase Inhibitorsimmunosuppression/immune modulationsignaling/signaling pathways: PI-3 kinase/Akt pathwayT cell biologytranslational research/science

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PMID27017850
PMCPMC5007157
OpenAlexW2332657316

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