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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Regulatory T-Cells in Solid Organ Transplantation.

Ilse Gille, Frans H J Claas, Geert W Haasnoot, Mirjam H M Heemskerk, Sebastiaan Heidt

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ilse GilleDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Frans H J ClaasDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Geert W HaasnootDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Mirjam H M HeemskerkDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Sebastiaan HeidtDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
Leiden University Medical Center · NLEurotransplant · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solid organ transplantation is the treatment of choice for various end-stage diseases, but requires the continuous need for immunosuppression to prevent allograft rejection. This comes with serious side effects including increased infection rates and development of malignancies. Thus, there is a clinical need to promote transplantation tolerance to prevent organ rejection with minimal or no immunosuppressive treatment. Polyclonal regulatory T-cells (Tregs) are a potential tool to induce transplantation tolerance, but lack specificity and therefore require administration of high doses. Redirecting Tregs towards mismatched donor HLA molecules by modifying these cells with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) would render Tregs far more effective at preventing allograft rejection. Several studies on HLA-A2 specific CAR Tregs have demonstrated that these cells are highly antigen-specific and show a superior homing capacity to HLA-A2+ allografts compared to polyclonal Tregs. HLA-A2 CAR Tregs have been shown to prolong survival of HLA-A2+ allografts in several pre-clinical humanized mouse models. Although promising, concerns about safety and stability need to be addressed. In this review the current research, obstacles of CAR Treg therapy, and its potential future in solid organ transplantation will be discussed.

Indexed as

Organ TransplantationReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAnimalsHLA-A2 AntigenHumansTransplantation ToleranceHLA-A2 AntigenReceptors, Chimeric Antigenantigen specificityCAR (chimeric antigen receptor)cellular therapytolerancetransplantationTregs (regulatory T cells)

Identifiers

PMID35720402
PMCPMC9204347
OpenAlexW4282003320

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