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ArticleBiomaterials2020

An Injectable Cytokine Trap for Local Treatment of Autoimmune Disease.

Colin R Zamecnik, Elizabeth S Levy, Margaret M Lowe, Bahar Zirak, Michael D Rosenblum, Tejal A Desai

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Article in Biomaterials, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Colin R ZamecnikDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA; UC Berkeley - UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, UCSF Mission Bay Campus, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Elizabeth S LevyDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Margaret M LoweDepartment of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Bahar ZirakDepartment of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Michael D RosenblumDepartment of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Tejal A DesaiDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA. Electronic address: Tejal.Desai@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Research BaseP30DK063720 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI VAISSE, CHRISTIAN · 2003 to 2019
$21.8M
UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in BIoengineeringT32GM008155 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DESAI, TEJAL A. · 1985 to 2020
$12.2M
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007334 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CYSTER, JASON G · 1988 to 2023
$11.0M
Elucidating the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of How Regulatory T cells in Skin Regulate Fibroblast Activation and Tissue FibrosisR01AR071944 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ROSENBLUM, MICHAEL DAVID · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
Mechanisms of nanostructure-enhanced transepithelial drug deliveryR01EB018842 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DESAI, TEJAL A. · 2014 to 2017
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007334NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071944NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB018842NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063720NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic cytokine therapy is limited by toxicity due to activation of unwanted immune cells in off-target tissues. Injectable nanomaterials that interact with the immune system have potential to offer improved pharmacokinetics and cell specificity compared to systemic cytokine therapy by instead capturing and potentiating endogenous cytokine. Here we demonstrate the use of high aspect ratio polycaprolactone nanowires conjugated to cytokine-binding antibodies that assemble into porous matrices when injected into the subcutaneous space. Nanowires are well tolerated in vivo over several weeks, incite minimal foreign body response and resist clearance. Nanowires conjugated with JES6-1, an anti-interleukin-2 (IL-2) antibody, were designed to capture endogenous IL-2 and selectively activate tissue resident regulatory T cells (Tregs). Together these nanowire-antibody matrices were capable of sequestering endogenous IL-2 in the skin and were successful in rebalancing local immune compartments to a more suppressive, Treg-mediated phenotype in both wild type and transgenic murine autoimmune disease models.

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesCytokinesAnimalsAntibodiesInterleukin-2MiceT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAntibodiesCytokinesInterleukin-2AutoimmunityCytokinesImmunomodulationNanomaterials

Identifiers

PMID31753473
PMCPMC6930339
OpenAlexW2987774878

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