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ReviewBioscience reports2022

Insights into mechanisms of graft-versus-host disease through humanised mouse models.

Amal Elhage, Chloe Sligar, Peter Cuthbertson, Debbie Watson, Ronald Sluyter

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Review in Bioscience reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Choosing the right animal model for sarcoma research.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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  8. Exosomes in ocular graft-versus-host disease: an overview.International journal of ophthalmology · 2026
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  18. Graft-Versus-Host Disease Mouse Models: A Clinical-Translational Perspective.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Amal Elhage *Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0625-3183
Chloe Sligar *Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9214-0742
Peter CuthbertsonIllawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2903-2586
Debbie Watson *Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6242-3944
Ronald Sluyter *Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4909-686X
University of Wollongong · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major complication that occurs following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for the treatment of haematological cancers and other blood-related disorders. GVHD is an inflammatory disorder, where the transplanted donor immune cells can mediate an immune response against the recipient and attack host tissues. Despite over 60 years of research, broad-range immune suppression is still used to prevent or treat GVHD, leading to an increased risk of cancer relapse and infection. Therefore, further insights into the disease mechanisms and development of predictive and prognostic biomarkers are key to improving outcomes and reducing GVHD development following allogeneic HSCT. An important preclinical tool to examine the pathophysiology of GVHD and to understand the key mechanisms that lead to GVHD development are preclinical humanised mouse models. Such models of GVHD are now well-established and can provide valuable insights into disease development. This review will focus on models where human peripheral blood mononuclear cells are injected into immune-deficient non-obese diabetic (NOD)-scid-interleukin-2(IL-2)Rγ mutant (NOD-scid-IL2Rγnull) mice. Humanised mouse models of GVHD can mimic the clinical setting for GVHD development, with disease progression and tissues impacted like that observed in humans. This review will highlight key findings from preclinical humanised mouse models regarding the role of donor human immune cells, the function of cytokines and cell signalling molecules and their impact on specific target tissues and GVHD development. Further, specific therapeutic strategies tested in these preclinical models reveal key molecular pathways important in reducing the burden of GVHD following allogeneic HSCT.

Indexed as

Graft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalAllogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantationAntigen presenting cellGraft-versus-host diseaseInflammationLymphocyteXenogeneic graft-versus-host disease

Identifiers

PMID35993192
PMCPMC9446388
OpenAlexW4292590543

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