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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

A novel interleukin-2-based fusion molecule, HCW9302, differentially promotes regulatory T cell expansion to treat atherosclerosis in mice.

Xiaoyun Zhu, Qiongzhen Li, Varghese George, Catherine Spanoudis, Crystal Gilkes, Niraj Shrestha, Bai Liu, Lin Kong, Lijing You, Christian Echeverri and 7 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoyun ZhuHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Qiongzhen LiHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Varghese GeorgeHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Catherine SpanoudisHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Crystal GilkesHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Niraj ShresthaHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Bai LiuHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Lin KongHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Lijing YouHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Christian EcheverriHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Liying LiHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Zheng WangHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Pallavi ChaturvediHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Gabriela J MunizHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Jack O EganHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Peter R RhodeHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Hing C WongHCW Biologics Inc., Miramar, FL, United States.
Heat Biologics (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by deposition of oxidative low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the arterial intima which triggers the innate immune response through myeloid cells such as macrophages. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role in controlling the progression or regression of atherosclerosis by resolving macrophage-mediated inflammatory functions. Interleukin-2 (IL-2) signaling is essential for homeostasis of Tregs. Since recombinant IL-2 has an unfavorable pharmacokinetic profile limiting its therapeutic use, we constructed a fusion protein, designated HCW9302, containing two IL-2 domains linked by an extracellular tissue factor domain. We found that HCW9302 exhibited a longer serum half-life with an approximately 1000-fold higher affinity for the IL-2Rα than IL-2. HCW9302 could be administered to mice at a dosing range that expanded and activated Tregs but not CD4

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AtherosclerosisInterleukin-2AnimalsInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitMiceRecombinant ProteinsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryInterleukin-2Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitRecombinant ProteinsatherosclerosisIL-2IL-2-based fusion moleculeinflammatory diseasesM2 macrophagesmyeloid-derived suppressor cellsTregs

Identifiers

PMID36761778
PMCPMC9907325
OpenAlexW4318040816

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