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ArticleFundamental research2022

Degradation-resistant implanted biomaterials establish an immunosuppressive microenvironment that induces T cell exhaustion by recruiting myeloid cells.

Qin Fan, Huaxing Dai, Jinyu Bai, Jialu Xu, Qingle Ma, Ziying Fei, Xiaozhong Zhou, Kam W Leong, Chao Wang

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Article in Fundamental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Qin FanInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Huaxing DaiInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Jinyu BaiDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China.
Jialu XuInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Qingle MaInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Ziying FeiInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Xiaozhong ZhouDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China.
Kam W LeongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Chao WangInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Implanted biomaterials have transformed healthcare and the treatment of injury and disease, but their influence on the local immune landscape remains unclear. Here we discovered that degradation-resistant titanium-based implants establish an immunosuppressive microenvironment by recruiting myeloid cells, including monocytes, macrophages, neutrophils, and myeloid-lineage dendritic cells. Unlike normal tissues, the tissues nearby implants exhibit an chronic inflamed and immunosuppressive status characterised by myeloid-rich, T cell-exhaustion gene signature by single-cell RNA sequencing. Vitamin C treatment provides an effective strategy to rescue the immunosuppressive microenvironment, which can be used as a regular supplement to reduce the risk of malignant cell survival around the implants.

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Immune microenvironmentImmunosuppressiveImplantsMyeloid cellsTiO2 nanoparticles

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PMCPMC11197691

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