Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29100944›Full record

ReviewHuman immunology2018

Regulatory dendritic cells for promotion of liver transplant operational tolerance: Rationale for a clinical trial and accompanying mechanistic studies.

Angus W Thomson, Abhinav Humar, Fadi G Lakkis, Diana M Metes

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Review in Human immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Cytokines in transplantation tolerance.Best practice & research. Clinical haematology · 2025
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  11. Cell-Based Regeneration and Treatment of Liver Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  12. Donor-derived regulatory dendritic cell infusion results in host cell cross-dressing and T cell subset changes in prospective living donor liver transplant recipients.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2021
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  14. Cellular therapies in organ transplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angus W ThomsonStarzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: thomsonaw@upmc.edu.
Abhinav HumarStarzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Fadi G LakkisStarzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Diana M MetesStarzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
Contribution of TFH and of TREG cells to DSA generation in sensitized KTx recipientsR21AI116746 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI METES, DIANA M · 2015 to 2016
$415k
Dendritic Cell (DCreg) Therapy in Live Donor Renal Transplant RecipientsR34AI123033 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI THOMSON, ANGUS W · 2016 to 2016
$231k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI116746NIAID NIH HHS R34 AI123033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DC) are rare, bone marrow (BM)-derived innate immune cells that critically maintain self-tolerance in the healthy steady-state. Regulatory DC (DCreg) with capacity to suppress allograft rejection and promote transplant tolerance in pre-clinical models can readily be generated from BM precursors or circulating blood monocytes. These DCreg enhance allograft survival via various mechanisms, including promotion of regulatory T cells. In non-human primates receiving minimal immunosuppressive drug therapy (IS), infusion of DCreg of donor origin, one week before transplant, safely prolongs renal allograft survival and selectively attenuates anti-donor CD8

Indexed as

AnimalsDendritic CellsGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHumansImmunologic MemoryKidney TransplantationLiver TransplantationModels, AnimalT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransplantation ToleranceCell therapyDendritic cellsLiver transplantationTolerance

Identifiers

PMID29100944
PMCPMC5924712
OpenAlexW2765511912

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