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Trial reportFrontiers in immunology2018

Natural Killer Cells Regulate Th17 Cells After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis.

Peter J Darlington, Brandon Stopnicki, Tarik Touil, Jean-Sebastien Doucet, Lama Fawaz, Morgan E Roberts, Marie-Noëlle Boivin, Nathalie Arbour, Mark S Freedman, Harold L Atkins and 1 more

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Trial report in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Butyrate enhances CD56Genes and immunity · 2025
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  11. Natural killer cells in multiple sclerosis: foe or friends?Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2025
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  16. Natural killer cells in the central nervous system.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2023
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  19. The immunology of multiple sclerosis.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Peter J DarlingtonDepartments of Exercise Science and Biology, PERFORM Centre, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Brandon StopnickiDepartments of Exercise Science and Biology, PERFORM Centre, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Tarik TouilNeuroimmunology Unit, McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Jean-Sebastien DoucetNeuroimmunology Unit, McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Lama FawazNeuroimmunology Unit, McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Morgan E RobertsNeuroimmunology Unit, McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Marie-Noëlle BoivinNeuroimmunology Unit, McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Nathalie ArbourDepartment of Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Mark S FreedmanDepartment of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Harold L AtkinsBlood and Marrow Transplant Program, Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Amit Bar-OrNeuroimmunology Unit, McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
McGill University · CAConcordia University · CAMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · CACentre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CAOttawa Hospital · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In autoimmunity, the balance of different helper T (Th) cell subsets can influence the tissue damage caused by autoreactive T cells. Pro-inflammatory Th1 and Th17 T cells are implicated as mediators of several human autoimmune conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) has been tested in phase 2 clinical trials for MS patients with aggressive disease. Abrogation of new clinical relapses and brain lesions can be seen after ablative aHSCT, accompanied by significant reductions in Th17, but not Th1, cell populations and activity. The cause of this selective decrease in Th17 cell responses following ablative aHSCT is not completely understood. We identified an increase in the kinetics of natural killer (NK) cell reconstitution, relative to CD4

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAutoimmunityCD58 AntigensCytokinesGene Expression RegulationGPI-Linked ProteinsHumansImmunologic MemoryIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsInterleukin-17Killer Cells, NaturalMultiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-RemittingTh17 CellsTransplantation, AutologousCD58 AntigensCytokinesGPI-Linked ProteinsIL17A protein, humanIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsInterleukin-17ULBP2 protein, humanaHSCTCD58multiple sclerosisnatural killer cellsNKG2DTh17 cells

Identifiers

PMID29867923
PMCPMC5951114
OpenAlexW2801579081

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