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ReviewAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2019

The "other" mTOR complex: New insights into mTORC2 immunobiology and their implications.

Helong Dai, Angus W Thomson

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In one paragraph

Review in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. mTOR Signaling in Macrophages: All Depends on the Context.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. CD24 Regulates the Formation of Ectosomes in B Lymphocytes.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2025
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  12. mTOR Signaling and Potential Therapeutic Targeting in Meningioma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  13. HIV-1 replication and latency are balanced by mTOR-driven cell metabolism.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Helong DaiDepartment of Surgery, Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Angus W ThomsonDepartment of Surgery, Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Transplant Pathology and Tissue Imaging Core (Core B)U19AI131453 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DEMETRIS, ANTHONY J · 2017 to 2022
$8.4M
Regulatory Dendritic Cell Therapy in Live Donor Renal Transplant RecipientsU01AI136779 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI THOMSON, ANGUS W · 2018 to 2022
$4.3M
Regulation of Liver DC Function and Transplant ToleranceR01AI118777 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI THOMSON, ANGUS W · 2017 to 2021
$2.3M
Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule inhibitorR21AI137799 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI YOTHER, JANET L · 2018 to 2019
$408k
National Natural Science Foundation of China 81800664NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI118777NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI137799NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI136779NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI131453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central role of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) in regulation of fundamental cell processes is well recognized. mTOR functions in two distinct complexes: rapamycin-sensitive mTOR complex (C) 1 and rapamycin-insensitive mTORC2. While the role of mTORC1 in shaping immune responses, including transplant rejection, and the influence of its antagonism in promoting allograft tolerance have been studied extensively using rapamycin, lack of selective small molecule inhibitors has limited understanding of mTORC2 biology. Within the past few years, however, intracellular localization of mTORC2, its contribution to mitochondrial fitness, cell metabolism, cytoskeletal modeling and cell migration, and its role in differentiation and function of immune cells have been described. Studies in mTORC2 knockdown/knockout mouse models and a new class of dual mTORC1/2 inhibitors, have shed light on the immune regulatory functions of mTORC2. These include regulation of antigen-presenting cell, NK cell, T cell subset, and B cell differentiation and function. mTORC2 has been implicated in regulation of ischemia/reperfusion injury and graft rejection. Potential therapeutic benefits of antagonizing mTORC2 to inhibit chronic rejection have also been described, while selective in vivo targeting strategies using nanotechnology have been developed. We briefly review and discuss these developments and their implications.

Indexed as

AnimalsB-LymphocytesHumansImmunity, InnateMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2MiceMitochondriaModels, ImmunologicalReperfusion InjuryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTransplantation ImmunologyMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2basic (laboratory) research/sciencecellular biologyimmunobiologyimmunosuppressant - mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR)innate immunitylymphocyte biologymolecular biologytissue injury and repairtranslational research/science

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PMID30801921
PMCPMC6538441
OpenAlexW2916670168

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