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ReviewScandinavian journal of immunology2022

T cell help in the autoreactive germinal center.

Elliot H Akama-Garren, Michael C Carroll

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Review in Scandinavian journal of immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. T cell help shapes B cell tolerance.Science immunology · 2024
    Article
  6. Renegade T cell clones and autoimmune disease.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
    Article
  7. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elliot H Akama-GarrenProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1690-2055
Michael C CarrollProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
TRAINING IN TRANSPLANTATION BIOLOGYT32AI007529 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MADSEN, JOREN C · 1998 to 2024
$6.4M
Evolution of autoreactive GC and epitope spreading in lupusR01AR074105 · NIAMS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Michael Craig Carroll · 2018 to 2026
$4.2M
FDC regulation of self-reactive B cellsR01AI130307 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CARROLL, MICHAEL CRAIG · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Follicular helper T cells as drivers of epitope spreadingF30AI160909 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI AKAMA-GARREN, ELLIOT HIDEKI · 2021 to 2023
$125k
NIAID NIH HHS F30 AI160909NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI130307NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007529NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR074105NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIH HHS F30AI160909NIH HHS R01AI130307NIH HHS R01AR074105NIH HHS T32AI007529NIH HHS T32GM007753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The germinal center serves as a site of B cell selection and affinity maturation, critical processes for productive adaptive immunity. In autoimmune disease tolerance is broken in the germinal center reaction, leading to production of autoreactive B cells that may propagate disease. Follicular T cells are crucial regulators of this process, providing signals necessary for B cell survival in the germinal center. Here, we review the emerging roles of follicular T cells in the autoreactive germinal center. Recent advances in immunological techniques have allowed study of the gene expression profiles and repertoire of follicular T cells at unprecedented resolution. These studies provide insight into the potential role follicular T cells play in preventing or facilitating germinal center loss of tolerance. Improved understanding of the mechanisms of T cell help in autoreactive germinal centers provides novel therapeutic targets for diseases of germinal center dysfunction.

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesGerminal CenterB-LymphocytesHumansImmune ToleranceT-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer

Identifiers

PMID35587582
PMCPMC9250425
OpenAlexW4280602598

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