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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Strategies to Use Nanoparticles to Generate CD4 and CD8 Regulatory T Cells for the Treatment of SLE and Other Autoimmune Diseases.

David A Horwitz, Sean Bickerton, Antonio La Cava

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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 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Peptide-based immunotherapy in lupus: Where are we now?Rheumatology and immunology research · 2023
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  16. Low-dose interleukin-2 therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus.Rheumatology and immunology research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David A HorwitzGeneral Nanotherapeutics, LLC, Santa Monica, CA, United States.
Sean BickertonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Antonio La CavaDepartment of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
General Nano (United States) · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USYale University · US

Funding

Autoantibody blockade in neonatal lupusR21AI154935 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LA CAVA, ANTONIO · 2020 to 2021
$429k
Antibody-mediated suppression of autoimmunity in humanized miceR21HD097531 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LA CAVA, ANTONIO · 2019 to 2020
$357k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI154935NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD097531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune diseases are disorders of immune regulation where the mechanisms responsible for self-tolerance break down and pathologic T cells overcome the protective effects of T regulatory cells (Tregs) that normally control them. The result can be the initiation of chronic inflammatory diseases. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other autoimmune diseases are generally treated with pharmacologic or biological agents that have broad suppressive effects. These agents can halt disease progression, yet rarely cure while carrying serious adverse side effects. Recently, nanoparticles have been engineered to correct homeostatic regulatory defects and regenerate therapeutic antigen-specific Tregs. Some approaches have used nanoparticles targeted to antigen presenting cells to switch their support from pathogenic T cells to protective Tregs. Others have used nanoparticles targeted directly to T cells for the induction and expansion of CD4+ and CD8+ Tregs. Some of these T cell targeted nanoparticles have been formulated to act as tolerogenic artificial antigen presenting cells. This article discusses the properties of these various nanoparticle formulations and the strategies to use them in the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The restoration and maintenance of Treg predominance over effector cells should promote long-term autoimmune disease remission and ultimately prevent them in susceptible individuals.

Indexed as

NanoparticlesAnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsAutoimmune DiseasesBiomarkersClinical Decision-MakingCytokinesDisease ManagementHumansImmune ToleranceImmunomodulationImmunotherapyLupus Erythematosus, SystemicSignal TransductionT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTreatment OutcomeBiomarkersCytokinesantigen-presenting cellautoimmunitydendritic cellnanoparticlesregulatory T cellssystemic lupus erythematosustreatment

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PMID34211471
PMCPMC8239238
OpenAlexW3172323549

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