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ArticleJournal of immunology research2022

The PD-1 with PD-L1 Axis Is Pertinent with the Immune Modulation of Atrial Fibrillation by Regulating T Cell Excitation and Promoting the Secretion of Inflammatory Factors.

Guodong Chang, Yingwei Chen, Zichang Liu, Yong Wang, Wenkun Ge, Yongan Kang, Shuling Guo

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Article in Journal of immunology research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association Between TNF-Alpha Levels and Atrial Fibrillation Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guodong ChangDepartment of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shangqiu, China.
Yingwei ChenDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China.
Zichang LiuDepartment of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shangqiu, China.
Yong WangDepartment of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shangqiu, China.
Wenkun GeDepartment of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shangqiu, China.
Yongan KangDepartment of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Shangqiu, China.
Shuling GuoDepartment of Cardiology, Xuchang Central Hospital, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4931-1526
Shangqiu First People's Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNXuzhou Central Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the role of PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway in regulating T cell activation and secretion of proinflammatory factors in atrial fibrillation. Methods: Forty-five patients with atrial fibrillation admitted to the cardiology department of our hospital from July 2019 to March 2021 were selected to be included in the atrial fibrillation group, and another 45 healthy volunteers were selected as the control group to compare the changes of T cell CD69 and human leukocyte antigen-DR (HLA-DR) expression in the peripheral blood of the two study groups; compare the changes of programmed death factor-1 on CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of the two groups (PD-1) expression changes and PD-L1 and PD-L2 expression changes on peripheral blood myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs) cells; compare the changes of interleukin-2, interleukin-6, interleukin-10, and interleukin-17A (IL-2, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-17), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and interferon gamma (IFN- Results: The positive expression rates of CD69 and HLA-DR on peripheral blood CD3+ T lymphocytes were significantly higher in patients in the atrial fibrillation group than in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( Conclusion: PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway may play an immunomodulatory role in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation by promoting increased secretion of inflammatory factors through regulating T cell activation.

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Atrial FibrillationB7-H1 AntigenCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesHumansInterferon-alphaInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Interleukin-2Interleukin-6Lymphocyte ActivationProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorB7-H1 AntigenCytokinesInterferon-alphaInterferon-gammaInterleukin-10Interleukin-2Interleukin-6Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor

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PMCPMC9119745
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