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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Approaches for Controlling Antibody-Mediated Allograft Rejection Through Targeting B Cells.

Yoshiko Matsuda, Takeshi Watanabe, Xiao-Kang Li

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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 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yoshiko MatsudaDivision of Transplantation Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Takeshi WatanabeLaboratory of Immunology, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Xiao-Kang LiDivision of Transplantation Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
National Center For Child Health and Development · JPKyoto University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both acute and chronic antibody-mediated allograft rejection (AMR), which are directly mediated by B cells, remain difficult to treat. Long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs) in bone marrow (BM) play a crucial role in the production of the antibodies that induce AMR. However, LLPCs survive through a T cell-independent mechanism and resist conventional immunosuppressive therapy. Desensitization therapy is therefore performed, although it is accompanied by severe side effects and the pathological condition may be at an irreversible stage when these antibodies, which induce AMR development, are detected in the serum. In other words, AMR control requires the development of a diagnostic method that predicts its onset before LLPC differentiation and enables therapeutic intervention and the establishment of humoral immune monitoring methods providing more detailed information, including individual differences in the susceptibility to immunosuppressive agents and the pathological conditions. In this study, we reviewed recent studies related to the direct or indirect involvement of immunocompetent cells in the differentiation of naïve-B cells into LLPCs, the limitations of conventional methods, and the possible development of novel control methods in the context of AMR. This information will significantly contribute to the development of clinical applications for AMR and improve the prognosis of patients who undergo organ transplantation.

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AllograftsAnimalsAntibody-Dependent Cell CytotoxicityBiomarkersB-LymphocytesComplement ActivationComplement System ProteinsCytokinesGene Expression RegulationGerminal CenterGraft RejectionHumansImmunologic MemoryImmunosuppressive AgentsImmunotherapyMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesBiomarkersComplement System ProteinsCytokinesImmunosuppressive Agentsantibody-mediated allograft rejectionB cell biologygerminal center B celllong-lived plasma cellmemory-B cellnaïve-B cell

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PMID34276669
PMCPMC8282180
OpenAlexW3186441137

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