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ArticleScience advances2021

Biomaterials direct functional B cell response in a material-specific manner.

Erika M Moore, David R Maestas, Chris C Cherry, Jordan A Garcia, Hannah Y Comeau, Locke Davenport Huyer, Sean H Kelly, Alexis N Peña, Richard L Blosser, Gedge D Rosson and 1 more

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Erika M MooreDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2192-6147
David R MaestasTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8207-1835
Chris C CherryTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5481-0055
Jordan A GarciaTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hannah Y ComeauTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Locke Davenport HuyerTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1526-7122
Sean H KellyTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8590-3839
Alexis N PeñaTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1899-8625
Richard L BlosserBloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8606-769X
Gedge D RossonDivision of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jennifer H ElisseeffTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5066-1996

Funding

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007057 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KANOLD, PATRICK O, KARCHIN, RACHEL · 1985 to 2023
$10.4M
Biomaterials-directed regenerative immunotherapiesDP1AR076959 · NIAMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ELISSEEFF, JENNIFER H · 2019 to 2023
$5.7M
Single cell characterization of the biomaterial immune and stromal responseR01EB028796 · NIBIB · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ELISSEEFF, JENNIFER H · 2020 to 2023
$2.5M
NIAMS NIH HHS DP1 AR076959NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB028796NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B cells are an adaptive immune target of biomaterials development in vaccine research but, despite their role in wound healing, have not been extensively studied in regenerative medicine. To probe the role of B cells in biomaterial scaffold response, we evaluated the B cell response to biomaterial materials implanted in a muscle wound using a biological extracellular matrix (ECM), as a reference for a naturally derived material, and synthetic polyester polycaprolactone (PCL), as a reference for a synthetic material. In the local muscle tissue, small numbers of B cells are present in response to tissue injury and biomaterial implantation. The ECM materials induced mature B cells in lymph nodes and antigen presentation in the spleen. The synthetic PCL implants resulted in prolonged B cell presence in the wound and induced an antigen-presenting phenotype. In summary, the adaptive B cell immune response to biomaterial induces local, regional, and systemic immunological changes.

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PMCPMC8635437

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