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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2017

The modulation of enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase from dendritic cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Débora Moitinho Abram, Luis Gustavo Romani Fernandes, Antônio Celso Saragossa Ramos Filho, Patrícia Ucelli Simioni

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Débora Moitinho AbramDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Luis Gustavo Romani FernandesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Antônio Celso Saragossa Ramos FilhoDepartment of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Americana, Americana, SP, Brazil.
Patrícia Ucelli SimioniDepartment of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Americana, Americana, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1) is an autoimmune disease in which β-cells of the pancreas islet are destroyed by T lymphocytes. Specific T cells are activated by antigen-presenting cells, mainly dendritic cells (DCs). It is already known that the regulation of tryptophan pathway in DC can be a mechanism of immunomodulation. The enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is present in many cells, including DC, and participates in the metabolism of the amino acid tryptophan. Recent studies suggest the involvement of IDO in the modulation of immune response, which became more evident after the in vitro demonstration of IDO production by DC and of the ability of these cells to inhibit lymphocyte function through the control of tryptophan metabolism. Current studies on immunotherapies describe the use of DC and IDO to control the progression of the immune response that triggers DM1. The initial results obtained are promising and indicate the possibility of developing therapies for the treatment or prevention of the DM1. Clinical trials using these cells in DM1 patients represent an interesting alternative treatment. However, clinical trials are still in the initial phase and a robust group of assays is necessary.

Indexed as

Dendritic CellsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1HumansIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenaseautoimmunityclinical trialsdendritic cellsdiabetes mellitus type 1immunoregulationindoleaminetolerancetryptophan

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PMID28769554
PMCPMC5533566
OpenAlexW2739357334

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