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ReviewJournal of autoimmunity2021

Regulatory T cells in autoimmune hepatitis: an updated overview.

Maria Serena Longhi, Giorgina Mieli-Vergani, Diego Vergani

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Review in Journal of autoimmunity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maria Serena LonghiDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. Electronic address: mlonghi@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Giorgina Mieli-VerganiInstitute of Liver Studies, MowatLabs, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, Faculty of Liver Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: giorgina.vergani@kcl.ac.uk.
Diego VerganiInstitute of Liver Studies, MowatLabs, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, Faculty of Liver Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: diego.vergani@kcl.ac.uk.

Funding

Immunomodulatory effects of bilirubin are mediated through aryl hydrocarbon receptor, O2 and purinergic pathwaysR01DK108894 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI LONGHI, MARIA SERENA · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Alterations of aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling in autoimmune hepatitisR01DK124408 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI LONGHI, MARIA SERENA · 2020 to 2022
$1.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK108894NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK124408
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) are key players in the maintenance of immune homeostasis by preventing immune responses to self-antigens. Defects in Treg frequency and/or function result in overwhelming CD4 and CD8 T cell immune responses participating in the autoimmune attack. Perpetuation of autoimmune damage is also favored by Treg predisposition to acquire effector cell features upon exposure to a proinflammatory challenge. Treg impairment plays a permissive role in the initiation and perpetuation of autoimmune liver diseases, namely autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. In this Review, we outline studies reporting the role of Treg impairment in the pathogenesis of these conditions and discuss methods to restore Treg number and function either by generation/expansion in the test tube or through in vivo expansion upon administration of low dose IL-2. Challenges and caveats of these potential therapeutic strategies are also reviewed and discussed.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityAnimalsAutoantigensBiomarkersDisease ManagementDisease Models, AnimalDisease SusceptibilityGene Expression RegulationHepatitis, AutoimmuneHumansImmune ToleranceImmunomodulationImmunotherapySignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAutoantigensBiomarkersAutoimmune hepatitisEffector lymphocytesImmune toleranceImmunotherapyRegulatory T cells

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PMID33652348
PMCPMC8044040

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