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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Delicate Role of PD-L1/PD-1 Axis in Blood Vessel Inflammatory Diseases: Current Insight and Future Significance.

Priya Veluswamy, Max Wacker, Maximilian Scherner, Jens Wippermann

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Induction of PD-1 and CD44 in CD4Journal of virology · 2025
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  9. The Interplay Between Immunity, Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  18. Transmural Flow Upregulates PD-L1 Expression in Microvascular Networks.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Priya VeluswamyHeart Surgery Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von Guericke University, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Max WackerHeart Surgery Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von Guericke University, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Maximilian SchernerHeart Surgery Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von Guericke University, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Jens WippermannHeart Surgery Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von Guericke University, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint molecules are the antigen-independent generator of secondary signals that aid in maintaining the homeostasis of the immune system. The programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1)/PD-1 axis is one among the most extensively studied immune-inhibitory checkpoint molecules, which delivers a negative signal for T cell activation by binding to the PD-1 receptor. The general attributes of PD-L1's immune-suppressive qualities and novel mechanisms on the barrier functions of vascular endothelium to regulate blood vessel-related inflammatory diseases are concisely reviewed. Though targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis has received immense recognition-the Nobel Prize in clinical oncology was awarded in the year 2018 for this discovery-the use of therapeutic modulating strategies for the PD-L1/PD-1 pathway in chronic inflammatory blood vessel diseases is still limited to experimental models. However, studies using clinical specimens that support the role of PD-1 and PD-L1 in patients with underlying atherosclerosis are also detailed. Of note, delicate balances in the expression levels of PD-L1 that are needed to preserve T cell immunity and to curtail acute as well as chronic infections in underlying blood vessel diseases are discussed. A significant link exists between altered lipid and glucose metabolism in different cells and the expression of PD-1/PD-L1 molecules, and its possible implications on vascular inflammation are justified. This review summarizes the most recent insights concerning the role of the PD-L1/PD-1 axis in vascular inflammation and, in addition, provides an overview exploring the novel therapeutic approaches and challenges of manipulating these immune checkpoint proteins, PD-1 and PD-L1, for suppressing blood vessel inflammation.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorVasculitisB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptoratherosclerosis and blood vessel inflammatory diseasescoronary artery diseasePD-L1PD-L2programmed death-1 (PD-1)

Identifiers

PMID33142805
PMCPMC7663405
OpenAlexW3095587326

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