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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

VISTA functions as a protective immune checkpoint in indirect acute respiratory distress syndrome by modulating systemic and compartmentalized inflammation.

Baoji Hu, Chun-Shiang Chung, Chyna Gray, Yaping Chen, Jihong Jiang, Jianrong Guo, Alfred Ayala

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Baoji Hu *School of Gongli Hospital Medical Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Chun-Shiang ChungDivision of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital/The Warren Alpert School at Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.
Chyna GrayDivision of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital/The Warren Alpert School at Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.
Yaping ChenDivision of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital/The Warren Alpert School at Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.
Jihong Jiang *Division of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital/The Warren Alpert School at Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.
Jianrong GuoSchool of Gongli Hospital Medical Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Alfred AyalaDivision of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital/The Warren Alpert School at Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.

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Trauma and Inflammation Research TrainingT32GM065085 · NIGMS · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI Alfred Ayala · 2004 to 2026
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM065085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Indirect acute respiratory distress syndrome (iARDS) is a life-threatening inflammatory lung injury often triggered by extrapulmonary insults. Although immune checkpoints are critical regulators of inflammation, the role of V-domain Ig suppressor of T-cell activation (VISTA) in iARDS remains unexplored. Methods: Using a murine model of iARDS, we compared outcomes in VISTA knockout (VISTA Results: VISTA Conclusion: Our findings establish VISTA as a protective immune checkpoint in iARDS that restrains systemic hyperinflammation and organ damage. Although antibody-mediated VISTA targeting altered inflammatory pathways, its incomplete efficacy suggests complex, multifactorial mechanisms at play. These results position VISTA as a novel therapeutic target for iARDS and warrant further exploration of timed immunomodulatory strategies to harness its protective effects.

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B7 AntigensInflammationMembrane ProteinsRespiratory Distress SyndromeAnimalsCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalLungMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutB7 AntigensCytokinesMembrane ProteinsVsir protein, mousecompartmentalized inflammationcytokine stormimmune checkpointindirect ARDSmyeloid cellsVISTA

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PMCPMC12261994

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