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ArticleCell reports2021

High-resolution phenotyping of early acute rejection reveals a conserved alloimmune signature.

James T Harden, Xi Wang, Jiaying Toh, Adam X Sang, Ryanne A Brown, Carlos O Esquivel, Olivia M Martinez, Sheri M Krams

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Graft-derived extracellular vesicles transport miRNAs to modulate macrophage polarization after heart transplantation.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

James T HardenDepartment of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Xi WangDepartment of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jiaying TohDepartment of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Adam X SangDepartment of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ryanne A BrownDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Carlos O EsquivelDepartment of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Olivia M MartinezDepartment of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Sheri M KramsDepartment of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. Electronic address: smkrams@stanford.edu.
Stanford University · US

Funding

Translational Oncology Research Program (Project-005)P30CA124435 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Vittorio Sebastiano · 2007 to 2026
$71.4M
Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell microRNAS in TransplantationR21AI119686 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KRAMS, SHERI M. · 2016 to 2017
$440k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA124435NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI119686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alloimmune responses in acute rejection are complex, involving multiple interacting cell types and pathways. Deep profiling of these cell types has been limited by technology that lacks the capacity to resolve this high dimensionality. Single-cell mass cytometry is used to characterize the alloimmune response in early acute rejection, measuring 37 parameters simultaneously, across multiple time points in two models: a murine cardiac and vascularized composite allotransplant (VCA). Semi-supervised hierarchical clustering is used to group related cell types defined by combinatorial expression of surface and intracellular proteins, along with markers of effector function and activation. This expression profile is mapped to visualize changes in antigen composition across cell types, revealing phenotypic signatures in alloimmune T cells, natural killer (NK) cells, and myeloid subsets that are conserved and that firmly distinguish rejecting from non-rejecting grafts. These data provide a comprehensive, high-dimensional profile of cellular rejection after allograft transplantation.

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Acute DiseaseAnimalsBiomarkersCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCluster AnalysisGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHeart TransplantationHistocompatibility Antigens Class IImmunophenotypingInflammation MediatorsKiller Cells, NaturalLymphocytesMaleMiceBiomarkersCCR6 protein, mouseHistocompatibility Antigens Class IInflammation MediatorsReceptors, CCR6allogeneicalloimmunitycardiaccompositeCyTOFhigh-dimensionalmass cytometryrejectiontransplant

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PMID33657374
PMCPMC12662566
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