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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

Tertiary lymphoid structure drives allograft rejection via IFN-γ-JAK-STAT-dependent atypical memory B cell differentiation.

Lijie Ma, Shiming Gong, Jianchen Fang, Mingxuan Feng, Zhenzhen Zhan, Qiang Xia

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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 1 paper.

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Lijie Ma *Department of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Shiming Gong *Department of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jianchen Fang *Department of Pathology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Mingxuan FengDepartment of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Zhenzhen ZhanShanghai Institute of Transplantation, Shanghai, China.
Qiang XiaDepartment of Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

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Abstract

Background: Tertiary lymphoid structure (TLS) is a neogenized, ectopic lymphoid aggregate found in infected, autoimmune and tumour tissues with an activated adaptive immune response. However, a comprehensive understanding of the pathological role, function, and formation of TLS in allograft rejection remains incomplete. Methods: We enrolled two large retrospective cohorts of liver biopsy (LB) after pediatric living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and developed a deep learning pathomics (DLP) model. Gene expression profiles and corresponding clinical information of 590 cases were enrolled from three transcriptomic databases, including cohort-GSE193135 (n=337), cohort-GSE145780 (n=235), cohort-Renji (n=18). ESTIMATE, CIBERSORT, XCELL and MCP analyses were performed to visualize the immune landscape. Single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of 11 LBs after LDLT and multiplexed immunohistochemistry (mIHC) were performed to validate the discoveries of bioinformatics analysis. Results: We provided evidence that increased TLS in the liver was closely correlated with allograft rejection, fibrosis, and declined liver function. ScRNA-seq and Conclusion: We proposed an efficient DLP model for predicting allograft rejection, and revealed an unexpected immunological mechanism of TLS in allograft rejection livers and clarified an IFN-γ-JAK-STAT-dependent circuit that could be targeted with drugs and transformed AtM B cells into potent instigators of hepatocellular injury in allograft rejection.

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