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ReviewCells2023

PD-L1's Role in Preventing Alloreactive T Cell Responses Following Hematopoietic and Organ Transplant.

Shane Handelsman, Juliana Overbey, Kevin Chen, Justin Lee, Delour Haj, Yong Li

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Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shane HandelsmanBioMedical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMed), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, USA.
Juliana OverbeyBioMedical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMed), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, USA.
Kevin ChenBioMedical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMed), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-4223-7938
Justin LeeBioMedical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMed), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, USA.
Delour HajBioMedical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMed), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, USA.
Yong LiBioMedical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMed), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7956-9600
Western Michigan University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decade, Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) has emerged as a prominent target for cancer immunotherapies. However, its potential as an immunosuppressive therapy has been limited. In this review, we present the immunological basis of graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), followed by a summary of biologically relevant molecular interactions of both PD-L1 and Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD-1). Finally, we present a translational perspective on how PD-L1 can interrupt alloreactive-driven processes to increase immune tolerance. Unlike most current therapies that block PD-L1 and/or its interaction with PD-1, this review focuses on how upregulation or reversed sequestration of this ligand may reduce autoimmunity, ameliorate GVHD, and enhance graft survival following organ transplant.

Indexed as

Graft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationOrgan TransplantationB7-H1 AntigenHumansProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorT-LymphocytesB7-H1 AntigenProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptoralloreactiveautoimmunitygraft rejectiongraft versus host disease (GVHD)PD-L1

Identifiers

PMID37371079
PMCPMC10296912
OpenAlexW4380631534

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