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ArticleNature biomedical engineering2021

Induction of antigen-specific tolerance by nanobody-antigen adducts that target class-II major histocompatibility complexes.

Novalia Pishesha, Thibault Harmand, Liyan Y Smeding, Weiyi Ma, Leif S Ludwig, Robine Janssen, Ashraful Islam, Yushu J Xie, Tao Fang, Nicholas McCaul and 5 more

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Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Novalia PisheshaSociety of Fellows, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. novalia.pishesha@childrens.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8124-1265
Thibault Harmand *Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Liyan Y Smeding *Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3850-1746
Weiyi MaProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Leif S LudwigKlarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2916-2164
Robine JanssenProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Ashraful IslamProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Yushu J XieProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Tao FangProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Nicholas McCaulProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7888-7815
William PinneyProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Harun R SugitoProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Martin A RossottiCátedra de Inmunología, Departamento de Biociencias (DEPBIO), Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Gualberto Gonzalez-SapienzaCátedra de Inmunología, Departamento de Biociencias (DEPBIO), Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Hidde L PloeghProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. hidde.ploegh@childrens.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1090-6071
Boston Children's Hospital · USBroad Institute · USUniversidad de la República de Uruguay · UY

Funding

Imposing order on the family of ubiquitin-conjugating (E2) enzymes through intracellular perturbation with nanobodiesDP1AI150593 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PLOEGH, HIDDE L. · 2019 to 2023
$7.1M
NIAID NIH HHS DP1 AI150593
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The association of autoimmune diseases with particular allellic products of the class-II major histocompatibility complex (MHCII) region implicates the presentation of the offending self-antigens to T cells. Because antigen-presenting cells are tolerogenic when they encounter an antigen under non-inflammatory conditions, the manipulation of antigen presentation may induce antigen-specific tolerance. Here, we show that, in mouse models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, the systemic administration of a single dose of nanobodies that recognize MHCII molecules and conjugated to the relevant self-antigen under non-inflammatory conditions confers long-lasting protection against these diseases. Moreover, co-administration of a nanobody-antigen adduct and the glucocorticoid dexamethasone, conjugated to the nanobody via a cleavable linker, halted the progression of established experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in symptomatic mice and alleviated their symptoms. This approach may represent a means of treating autoimmune conditions.

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Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalImmune ToleranceAnimalsAutoantigensHistocompatibilityMajor Histocompatibility ComplexMiceAutoantigens

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PMID34127819
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