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ReviewCellular immunology2020

B cells as antigen-presenting cells in transplantation rejection and tolerance.

Anita S Chong

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Review in Cellular immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. 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

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anita S ChongSection of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States. Electronic address: achong@uchicago.edu.
University of Chicago · US

Funding

T cell mechanisms that distinguish robust tolerance from metastable allograft acceptance and failed tolerance (Project 2)P01AI097113 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Maria-Luisa Alegre, Anita S Chong · 2012 to 2026
$23.8M
Intrarenal B cells in acute kidney allograft rejectionR01AI148705 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CHONG, ANITA S, CLARK, MARCUS RAMSAY · 2020 to 2024
$4.0M
Deconstructing B cell transplantation toleranceR01AI142747 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CHONG, ANITA S · 2019 to 2022
$2.2M
Deconstructing the allo-specific memory B cell responseR01AI110513 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI SCIAMMAS, ROGER · 2014 to 2017
$1.6M
B Cells in Transplantation ToleranceR01AI083452 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CHONG, ANITA S · 2009 to 2010
$780k
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI097113NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083452NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI110513NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI142747NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148705
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transplantation of fully allogeneic organs into immunocompetent recipients invariably elicits T cell and B cell responses that lead to the production of donor-specific antibodies (DSA). When immunosuppression is inadequate donor-specific T cell and B cell responses escape, leading to T cell-mediated rejection (TCMR), antibody mediated (ABMR) rejection, or mixed rejection (MR) exhibiting features of both TCMR and ABMR. Current literature suggests that ABMR is a major cause of late graft loss, and that new therapies to curtail the donor-specific humoral response are necessary. The majority of research into B cell responses elicited by allogeneic allografts in both preclinical models and clinical studies, has focused on the function of B cells as antibody-secreting cells and the pathogenic effects of DSA as mediators of ABMR. However, it has long been recognized that the DSA response to allografts is T cell-dependent, and that B cells engage in cognate interactions with T cells that provide "help" and promote B cell differentiation into antibody-secreting cells (ASCs). This review focusses the function of B cells as antigen-presenting cells (APCs) to T cells in lymphoid organs, how they may be critical APCs to T cell in the allograft, and the functional consequences of these interactions.

Indexed as

AllograftsAnimalsAntibody SpecificityAntigen PresentationAntigen-Presenting CellsB-LymphocytesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCell MovementClonal DeletionGraft RejectionHeart TransplantationHumansIsoantibodiesIsoantigensKidney TransplantationMiceIsoantibodiesIsoantigens

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PMID32059816
PMCPMC7210794
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