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ReviewTransplantation2017

Crosstalk Between T and B Cells in the Germinal Center After Transplantation.

Jean Kwun, Miriam Manook, Eugenia Page, Christopher Burghuber, Jungjoo Hong, Stuart J Knechtle

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Review in Transplantation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 61 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jean Kwun1 Duke Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. 2 Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. 3 Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. 4 National Primate Research Center (NPRC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Cheongju, Korea.
Miriam Manook
Eugenia Page
Christopher Burghuber
Jungjoo Hong
Stuart J Knechtle
Medical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

Transplant Tolerance in Non-Human PrimatesU19AI051731 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO · PI ADAMS, ANDREW B · 2002 to 2022
$54.1M
The Risks and Opportunities of Homeostatic RepopulationU19AI131471 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Andrew Serghios Barbas · 2017 to 2026
$30.4M
Memory and Regulatory T Cells Following T Cell Depletion in TransplantationU01AI074635 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI KNECHTLE, STUART JOHNSTON · 2007 to 2011
$3.5M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI074635NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI051731NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI131471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crosstalk between B and T cells in transplantation is increasingly recognized as being important in the alloimmune response. T cell activation of B cells occurs by a 3-stage pathway, culminating with costimulation signals. We review the distinct T cell subtypes required for B-cell activation and discuss the formation of the germinal center (GC) after transplantation, with particular reference to the repopulation of the GC after depletional induction, and the subsequent effect of immunosuppressive manipulation of T cell-B cell interactions. In addition, ectopic GCs are seen in transplantation, but their role is not fully understood. Therapeutic options to target T cell-B cell interactions are of considerable interest, both as immunosuppressive tools, and to aid in the further understanding of these important alloimmune mechanisms.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationOrgan TransplantationTransplantation ToleranceAnimalsB-LymphocytesCell ProliferationCytokinesGerminal CenterGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsKineticsLymphocyte ActivationT-LymphocytesTreatment OutcomeCytokinesImmunosuppressive Agents

Identifiers

PMID27906827
PMCPMC5360505
OpenAlexW2558864609

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