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ArticleNature communications2021

Innate-like self-reactive B cells infiltrate human renal allografts during transplant rejection.

Yuta Asano, Joe Daccache, Dharmendra Jain, Kichul Ko, Andrew Kinloch, Margaret Veselits, Donald Wolfgeher, Anthony Chang, Michelle Josephson, Patrick Cunningham and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 55 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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yuta AsanoSection of Rheumatology and The Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4720-2238
Joe DaccacheTransplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3638-7975
Dharmendra JainSection of Transplant, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kichul KoSection of Rheumatology and The Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Andrew KinlochSection of Rheumatology and The Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Margaret VeselitsSection of Rheumatology and The Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Donald WolfgeherDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Anthony ChangDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6877-5510
Michelle JosephsonSection of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3426-0794
Patrick CunninghamSection of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Anat TamburTransplant Immunology Laboratory, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Aly A KhanDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Shiv PillaiRagon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9905-875X
Anita S ChongSection of Transplant, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Marcus R ClarkSection of Rheumatology and The Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. mclark@uchicago.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4747-0387
University of Chicago · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

University of Chicago Autoimmunity Center of ExcellenceU19AI082724 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CLARK, MARCUS RAMSAY · 2009 to 2023
$7.2M
Intrarenal B cells in acute kidney allograft rejectionR01AI148705 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CHONG, ANITA S, CLARK, MARCUS RAMSAY · 2020 to 2024
$4.0M
Deconstructing B cell transplantation toleranceR01AI142747 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CHONG, ANITA S · 2019 to 2022
$2.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI142747NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148705NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI082724
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrarenal B cells in human renal allografts indicate transplant recipients with a poor prognosis, but how these cells contribute to rejection is unclear. Here we show using single-cell RNA sequencing that intrarenal class-switched B cells have an innate cell transcriptional state resembling mouse peritoneal B1 or B-innate (Bin) cells. Antibodies generated by Bin cells do not bind donor-specific antigens nor are they enriched for reactivity to ubiquitously expressed self-antigens. Rather, Bin cells frequently express antibodies reactive with either renal-specific or inflammation-associated antigens. Furthermore, local antigens can drive Bin cell proliferation and differentiation into plasma cells expressing self-reactive antibodies. These data show a mechanism of human inflammation in which a breach in organ-restricted tolerance by infiltrating innate-like B cells drives local tissue destruction.

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AllograftsAnimalsAutoantibodiesB-LymphocytesGene Expression RegulationGene OntologyGraft RejectionHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansImmunoglobulin GInflammationKidneyKidney TransplantationMicePalatine TonsilAutoantibodiesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIImmunoglobulin G

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PMID34272370
PMCPMC8285506
OpenAlexW3182382274

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