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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022

Circulating maternal chimeric cells have an impact on the outcome of biliary atresia.

Ryuta Masuya, Toshihiro Muraji, Sami B Kanaan, Toshio Harumatsu, Mitsuru Muto, Miki Toma, Toshihiro Yanai, Anne M Stevens, J Lee Nelson, Kazuhiko Nakame and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ryuta MasuyaDivision of the Gastrointestinal, Endocrine and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
Toshihiro MurajiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Research Field in Medicine and Health Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences Area, Research and Education Assembly, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
Sami B KanaanResearch and Development, Chimerocyte, Inc., Seattle, WA, United States.
Toshio HarumatsuDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Research Field in Medicine and Health Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences Area, Research and Education Assembly, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
Mitsuru MutoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Research Field in Medicine and Health Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences Area, Research and Education Assembly, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
Miki TomaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, Mito, Japan.
Toshihiro YanaiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, Mito, Japan.
Anne M StevensSeattle Children's Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
J Lee NelsonClinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States.
Kazuhiko NakameDivision of the Gastrointestinal, Endocrine and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
Atsushi NanashimaDivision of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
Satoshi IeiriDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Research Field in Medicine and Health Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences Area, Research and Education Assembly, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
Kagoshima University · JPUniversity of Miyazaki · JPFred Hutch Cancer Center · USIbaraki Children's Hospital · JPUniversity of Washington · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: We aimed to quantify the DNA of maternal chimeric (MC) cells in the peripheral blood of the BA patients and investigated the impact on the outcome. Methods: Patients with progressive jaundice because of no bile flow, which necessitated liver transplantation, or who showed inadequate bile flow with or without episodes of cholangitis and progressive hepatic fibrosis and portal hypertension were classified into the poor group. Those with adequate bile flow with completely normal liver function tests beyond 2 years were classified into the good group. The qPCR were separately carried out in buffy coat samples and plasma samples, targeting the non-inherited maternal HLA alleles in the DNA samples. Results: MC-DNA was present in the buffy coat (10-328 gEq per 10 Conclusions: Poor outcomes in BA were correlated with circulating maternal chimeric lymphocytes.

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autoimmunitybiliary atresiaGVHDmaternal microchimerismprognosisqPCRTreg

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PMID36204668
PMCPMC9530628
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