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ReviewTrends in immunology2019

Rebalancing Immune Homeostasis to Treat Autoimmune Diseases.

David A Horwitz, Tarek M Fahmy, Ciriaco A Piccirillo, Antonio La Cava

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

72 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

David A HorwitzGeneral Nanotherapeutics, LLC, Santa Monica, CA, USA; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: dhorwitz@usc.edu.
Tarek M FahmyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Chemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Immunobiology, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Ciriaco A PiccirilloDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada; Program in Infectious Disease and Immunity in Global Health, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Centre of Excellence in Translational Immunology (CETI), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Antonio La CavaDepartment of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
McGill University Health Centre · CAUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Southern California · USYale University · US

Funding

Antibody-mediated suppression of autoimmunity in humanized miceR21HD097531 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LA CAVA, ANTONIO · 2019 to 2020
$357k
CIHR PJT-148821NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD097531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During homeostasis, interactions between tolerogenic dendritic cells (DCs), self-reactive T cells, and T regulatory cells (Tregs) contribute to maintaining mammalian immune tolerance. In response to infection, immunogenic DCs promote the generation of proinflammatory effector T cell subsets. When complex homeostatic mechanisms maintaining the balance between regulatory and effector functions become impaired, autoimmune diseases can develop. We discuss some of the newest advances on the mechanisms of physiopathologic homeostasis that can be employed to develop strategies to restore a dysregulated immune equilibrium. Some of these designs are based on selectively activating regulators of immunity and inflammation instead of broadly suppressing these processes. Promising approaches include the use of nanoparticles (NPs) to restore Treg control over self-reactive cells, aiming to achieve long-term disease remission, and potentially to prevent autoimmunity in susceptible individuals.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesAutoimmunityDendritic CellsHomeostasisHumansInflammationT-Lymphocytesautoimmune diseasesimmune regulationimmunotherapynanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID31601519
PMCPMC7136015
OpenAlexW2979703095

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