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ReviewTransplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.)2019

Regulatory dendritic cells for human organ transplantation.

Angus W Thomson, Diana M Metes, Mohamed B Ezzelarab, Dalia Raïch-Regué

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Review in Transplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.), 2019. 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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35citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Immunometabolism of Liver Xenotransplantation and Prospective Solutions.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  8. Unlocking Transplant Tolerance with Biomaterials.Advanced healthcare materials · 2025
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  14. Dendritic cells in liver transplantation immune response.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

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.
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.
Mohamed B EzzelarabStarzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Dalia Raïch-ReguéNephropathies Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.
University of Pittsburgh · USMunicipal Institute for Medical Research · ES

Funding

Transplant Pathology and Tissue Imaging Core (Core B)U19AI131453 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI EZZELARAB, MOHAMED B · 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
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI118777NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI136779NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI131453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current immunosuppressive (IS) regimens used to prevent organ allograft rejection have well-recognized side effects, that include enhanced risk of infection and certain types of cancer, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, renal complications and failure to control chronic allograft rejection. The life-long dependency of patients on these IS agents reflects their inability to induce donor-specific tolerance. Extensive studies in rodent and non-human primate models have demonstrated the ability of adoptively-transferred regulatory immune cells (either regulatory myeloid cells or regulatory T cells) to promote transplant tolerance. Consequently, there is considerable interest in the potential of regulatory immune cell therapy to allow safe minimization/complete withdrawal of immunosuppression and the promotion of organ transplant tolerance in the clinic. Here, we review the properties of regulatory dendritic cells (DCreg) with a focus on the approaches being taken to generate human DCreg for clinical testing. We also document the early phase clinical trials that are underway to assess DCreg therapy in clinical organ transplantation as well as in autoimmune disorders.

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Dendritic CellsOrgan TransplantationTransplantation ImmunologyBiomedical ResearchHumansDendritic cellsImmune regulationTherapyTransplantation

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PMID31130302
PMCPMC6599577
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