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ArticleAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2020

Regulatory B cells require antigen recognition for effective allograft tolerance induction.

Shoko Kimura, Charles G Rickert, Lisa Kojima, Mohamed Aburawi, Naoki Tanimine, Fermin Fontan, Kevin Deng, Haley Tector, Kang Mi Lee, Heidi Yeh and 1 more

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Article in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Programmed death-ligand 1 on ex vivo-expanded toll-like-receptor-Bregs prevents allograft rejection by Breg viability promotion, CD4American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026
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  5. Properties of regulatory B cells regulating B cell targets.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shoko Kimura *Transplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Charles G Rickert *Transplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-0994-3999
Lisa KojimaTransplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mohamed AburawiTransplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Naoki TanimineTransplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-2744-9097
Fermin FontanTransplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kevin DengTransplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Haley TectorTransplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kang Mi LeeTransplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Heidi YehTransplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
James F MarkmannTransplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-2762-6535
Harvard University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of B Cell-Dependent Transplantation ToleranceR01AI057851 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI JAMES FRANCIS MARKMANN · 2006 to 2026
$8.9M
TRAINING IN TRANSPLANTATION BIOLOGYT32AI007529 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MADSEN, JOREN C · 1998 to 2024
$6.4M
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5R01AI057851-13NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI057851NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Through multiple mechanisms, regulatory B cells (Breg) have been shown to play an important role in the development of allograft tolerance. However, a careful understanding of the role of antigen-specificity in Breg-mediated allograft tolerance has remained elusive. In experimental models of islet and cardiac transplantation, it has been established that Bregs can be induced in vivo by anti-CD45RB ± anti-TIM1antibody treatment, resulting in prolonged, Breg-dependent allograft tolerance. The importance of Breg antigen recognition has been suggested but not confirmed through adoptive transfer experiments, using tolerant WT C57BL/6 animals challenged with either BALB/c or C3H grafts. However, the importance of receptor-specificity has not been formally tested. Here, we utilize the novel ovalbumin-specific B cell receptor transnuclear (OBI) mice in multiple primary tolerance and adoptive transfer experiments to establish that Breg-dependent allograft tolerance relies on antigen recognition by B cells. Additionally, we identify that this Breg-dependent tolerance relies on the function of transforming growth factor-β. Together, these experiments mark important progress toward understanding how best to improve Breg-mediated allograft tolerance.

Indexed as

B-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransplantation ToleranceAnimalsImmune ToleranceMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLT-Lymphocytes, Regulatorybasic (laboratory) research/scienceB cell biologycytokines/cytokine receptorsimmunobiologytissue (nonvascularized) transplantationtolerancetolerance: mechanisms

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PMID31823520
PMCPMC7372932
OpenAlexW2995666021

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