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ArticleBurns & trauma2014

Cytokine regulation of immune tolerance.

Jie Wu, Aini Xie, Wenhao Chen

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Article in Burns & trauma, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Rational Design of Immunomodulatory Hydrogels for Chronic Wound Healing.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2021
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  13. Empowering the immune fate of bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells: gene and protein changes.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2019
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  14. Regulatory Effect ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  16. Role of the pregnancy-specific glycoprotein in regulation of the cytokine and chemokine profiles of intact mononuclear cells.Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections · 2017
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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.

Jie WuDepartment of Surgery, Center for Immunobiology and Transplantation Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas USA.
Aini XieDepartment of Surgery, Center for Immunobiology and Transplantation Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas USA.
Wenhao ChenDepartment of Surgery, Center for Immunobiology and Transplantation Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas USA.
Houston Methodist · US

Funding

Diabetes Endocrinology Research CenterP30DK079638 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI CHAN, LAWRENCE · 2008 to 2012
$6.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079638
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune system provides defenses against invading pathogens while maintaining immune tolerance to self-antigens. This immune homeostasis is harmonized by the direct interactions between immune cells and the cytokine environment in which immune cells develop and function. Herein, we discuss three non-redundant paradigms by which cytokines maintain or break immune tolerance. We firstly describe how anti-inflammatory cytokines exert direct inhibitory effects on immune cells to enforce immune tolerance, followed by discussing other cytokines that maintain immune tolerance through inducing CD4(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs), which negatively control immune cells. Interleukin (IL)-2 is the most potent cytokine in promoting the development and survival of Tregs, thereby mediating immune tolerance. IL-35 is mainly produced by Tregs, but its biology function remains to be defined. Finally, we discuss the actions of proinflammatory cytokines that breach immune tolerance and induce autoimmunity, which include IL-7, IL-12, IL-21, and IL-23. Recent genetic studies have revealed the role of these cytokines (or their cognate receptors) in susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. Taken together, we highlight in this review the cytokine regulation of immune tolerance, which will help in further understanding of human diseases that are caused by dysregulated immune system.

Indexed as

Cytokineimmune toleranceregulatory T cellT cell differentiation

Identifiers

PMID27574641
PMCPMC4994505
OpenAlexW2078282038

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