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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Regulatory T cell therapy for xenotransplantation, what perspectives?

Raphaël Porret, Erica Lana, Antonio Mancarella, Philippe Guillaume, Manuel Pascual, Raphael P H Meier, Jonathan S Bromberg, Muhammad M Mohiuddin, Leo H Buhler, Qizhi Tang and 1 more

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Review 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 6 papers.

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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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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. CD8 regulatory T cell therapy in transplantation: a new path to clinical success?Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026
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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

11 authors.

Raphaël PorretDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Erica LanaDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Antonio MancarellaDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Philippe GuillaumeLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Manuel PascualTransplantation Center, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Raphael P H MeierUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Jonathan S BrombergUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Muhammad M MohiuddinUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Leo H BuhlerFaculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Qizhi TangDepartment of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Yannick D MullerDivision of Immunology and Allergy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xenotransplantation has experienced major clinical advancements over the past three years. Yet, despite potent immunosuppressive regimens combining B-cell depleting therapies, T cell activation blockade, complement inhibition, and high-dose steroids, signs of antibody-mediated and cellular rejection were seen in the few pig-to human heart and kidney xenotransplants. Considering the recent success of chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapies in severe refractory autoimmune diseases, there are windows for opportunities to develop novel approaches to reduce the burden of immunosuppression. In this line, regulatory T cell (Treg) therapy is an attractive strategy, as Tregs could be genetically modified to recognize pig organs. In this brief review, we summarize the lessons learned from Tregs therapies in allotransplantation, update on the recent development in Treg research for xenotransplantation, and discuss future perspectives of humanizing pigs with human leukocyte antigens to promote tolerance using engineered Tregs.

Indexed as

Graft RejectionImmunotherapy, AdoptiveT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransplantation, HeterologousAnimalsHumansSwineTransplantation Tolerancecell therapychimeric antigen receptorgenetic engineeringregulatory T cellsxenograft tolerancexenotransplantation

Identifiers

PMID41050672
PMCPMC12491223

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