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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Frontiers of Autoantibodies in Autoimmune Disorders: Crosstalk Between Tfh/Tfr and Regulatory B Cells.

Tingting Ding, Rui Su, Ruihe Wu, Hongwei Xue, Yanyan Wang, Ronghui Su, Chong Gao, Xiaofeng Li, Caihong Wang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. T Cell Subsets and Immune Homeostasis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tingting DingDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Rui SuDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Ruihe WuDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Hongwei XueDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Yanyan WangDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Ronghui SuDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Chong GaoPathology, Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Xiaofeng LiDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Caihong WangDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Shanxi Medical University · CNSecond Hospital of Shanxi Medical University · CNHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Balance of Tfh/Tfr cell is critically important for the maintenance of immune tolerance, as evidenced by the fact that T follicular helper (Tfh) cells are central to the autoantibodies generation through providing necessary help for germinal center (GC) B cells, whereas T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells significantly inhibit autoimmune inflammation process through restraining Tfh cell responses. However, signals underlying the regulation of Tfh and Tfr cells are largely undefined. Regulatory B cells (Bregs) is a heterogeneous subpopulation of B cells with immunosuppressive function. Considerable advances have been made in their functions to produce anti-inflammatory cytokines and to regulate Th17, Th1, and Treg cells in autoimmune diseases. The recent identification of their correlations with dysregulated Tfr/Tfh cells and autoantibody production makes Bregs an important checkpoint in GC response. Bregs exert profound impacts on the differentiation, function, and distribution of Tfh and Tfr cells in the immune microenvironment. Thus, unraveling mechanistic information on Tfh-Breg and Tfr-Breg interactions will inspire novel implications for the establishment of homeostasis and prevention of autoantibodies in diverse diseases. This review summarizes the dysregulation of Tfh/Tfr cells in autoimmune diseases with a focus on the emerging role of Bregs in regulating the balance between Tfh and Tfr cells. The previously unsuspected crosstalk between Bregs and Tfh/Tfr cells will be beneficial to understand the cellular mechanisms of autoantibody production and evoke a revolution in immunotherapy for autoimmune diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoantibodiesAutoimmune DiseasesB-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryGerminal CenterHumansT Follicular Helper CellsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAutoantibodiesautoantibodyautoimmune diseasesB regulatory cellsgerminal centerimmunotherapyT follicular helper cellT follicular regulatory cell

Identifiers

PMID33841422
PMCPMC8033031
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