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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2017

Role of Memory T Cells in Allograft Rejection and Tolerance.

Gilles Benichou, Bruno Gonzalez, Jose Marino, Katayoun Ayasoufi, Anna Valujskikh

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Combined nonmyeloablative total lymphoid irradiation and low-dose total body irradiation enhances donor chimerism and leads to islet allograft acceptance.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026
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  6. Metabolic Checkpoints in CD8International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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  20. Tolerance Induction Strategies in Organ Transplantation: Current Status and Future Perspectives.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025
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17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gilles BenichouCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Bruno GonzalezCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Jose MarinoCenter for Transplantation Sciences, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Katayoun AyasoufiDepartment of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland, OH , USA.
Anna ValujskikhDepartment of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland, OH , USA.
Harvard University · USCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · US

Funding

XENOGENIC TOLERANCE IN MICEP01HL018646 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MADSEN, JOREN C · 1985 to 2019
$37.5M
Surgery CoreP01AI087586 · NIAID · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI VALUJSKIKH, ANNA · 2010 to 2019
$17.2M
Tolerance to Composite Islet-Kidney Transplants in Non-Human PrimatesU19AI102405 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI COSIMI, A BENEDICT · 2012 to 2016
$7.7M
Designing induction therapies to target memory T cells in high risk recipientsR01AI113142 · NIAID · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI VALUJSKIKH, ANNA · 2016 to 2025
$4.4M
Mechanisms Underlying Delayed Transplant ToleranceR21AI111191 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BENICHOU, GILLES A · 2015 to 2016
$471k
B Cells in Tolerance and Chronic Rejection of Monkey Kidney AllograftsR21AI117466 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BENICHOU, GILLES A · 2017 to 2018
$470k
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL018646NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI087586NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI113142NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI111191NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI117466NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI102405
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Memory T cells are characterized by their low activation threshold, robust effector functions, and resistance to conventional immunosuppression and costimulation blockade. Unlike their naïve counterparts, memory T cells reside in and recirculate through peripheral non-lymphoid tissues. Alloreactive memory T cells are subdivided into different categories based on their origins, phenotypes, and functions. Recipients whose immune systems have been directly exposed to allogeneic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules display high affinity alloreactive memory T cells. In the absence of any prior exposure to allogeneic MHC molecules, endogenous alloreactive memory T cells are regularly generated through microbial infections (heterologous immunity). Regardless of their origin, alloreactive memory T cells represent an essential element of the allograft rejection process and a major barrier to tolerance induction in clinical transplantation. This article describes the different subsets of alloreactive memory T cells involved in transplant rejection and examine their generation, functional properties, and mechanisms of action. In addition, we discuss strategies developed to target deleterious allospecific memory T cells in experimental animal models and clinical settings.

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allotransplantationcostimulation blockadeheterologous immunityimmune suppressionmemory T cellstolerancetransplant rejection

Identifiers

PMID28293238
PMCPMC5328996
OpenAlexW2592257507

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