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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023

PD-1/PD-L1 axis in organ fibrosis.

Youliang Zhao, Yaqian Qu, Changfu Hao, Wu Yao

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Review 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 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 28 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Youliang ZhaoDepartment of Occupational Health and Occupational Disease, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Yaqian QuDepartment of Occupational Health and Occupational Disease, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Changfu HaoDepartment of Occupational Health and Occupational Disease, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Wu YaoDepartment of Occupational Health and Occupational Disease, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Zhengzhou University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrosis is a pathological tissue repair activity in which many myofibroblasts are activated and extracellular matrix are excessively accumulated, leading to the formation of permanent scars and finally organ failure. A variety of organs, including the lung, liver, kidney, heart, and skin, can undergo fibrosis under the stimulation of various exogenous or endogenous pathogenic factors. At present, the pathogenesis of fibrosis is still not fully elucidated, but it is known that the immune system plays a key role in the initiation and progression of fibrosis. Immune checkpoint molecules are key regulators to maintain immune tolerance and homeostasis, among which the programmed cell death protein 1/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) axis has attracted much attention. The exciting achievements of tumor immunotherapy targeting PD-1/PD-L1 provide new insights into its use as a therapeutic target for other diseases. In recent years, the role of PD-1/PD-L1 axis in fibrosis has been preliminarily explored, further confirming the close relationship among PD-1/PD-L1 signaling, immune regulation, and fibrosis. This review discusses the structure, expression, function, and regulatory mechanism of PD-1 and PD-L1, and summarizes the research progress of PD-1/PD-L1 signaling in fibrotic diseases.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorFibrosisHumansSignal TransductionB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptorfibrosisimmune checkpointimmunomodulatoryPD-1PD-L1

Identifiers

PMID37275876
PMCPMC10235450
OpenAlexW4377098096

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