Evidence map›Paper›PMID 7907604›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation1994

Cyclosporin A inhibits CD40 ligand expression in T lymphocytes.

R Fuleihan, N Ramesh, A Horner, D Ahern, P J Belshaw, D G Alberg, I Stamenkovic, W Harmon, R S Geha

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 1994. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 140 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

R FuleihanDivision of Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
N Ramesh
A Horner
D Ahern
P J Belshaw
D G Alberg
I Stamenkovic
W Harmon
R S Geha
Harvard University Press · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY TO EVALUATE THE SMALL INTESTINE M01RR002172 · NCRR · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI MANDELL, JAMES WILLIAM · 1985 to 2008
$16.0M
MECHANISMS OF IGE SYNTHESIS BY HUMAN B CELLSR01AI031136 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI GEHA, RAIF SALIM · 1992 to 2007
$1.9M
MOLECULAR BASIS OF IMMUNE FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASEU01AI031541 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI GEHA, RAIF SALIM · 1991 to 1994
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MOLECULAR BASIS OF IMMUNE FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASEU19AI031541 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI MITCHELL, LESTER · 1995 to 1998
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NCRR NIH HHS RR-02172NIAID NIH HHS AI31136NIAID NIH HHS AI31541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ligand for CD40 is expressed on activated T lymphocytes and delivers contact-dependent activation signals to B lymphocytes. The mechanisms regulating CD40 ligand gene expression are largely unknown. Optimal expression of CD40 ligand required activation of protein kinase C and a rise in intracellular calcium concentration. CD40 ligand expression was inhibited by pretreatment of T cells with cyclosporin A. Cyclosporin A analogues inhibited CD40 ligand expression with a potency mirroring the ability of each compound to inhibit calcineurin activity, indicating that calcineurin plays a key role in CD40 ligand gene expression. Cyclosporin A inhibited IL-4-driven CD40 ligand-dependent IgE isotype switching in PBMC but did not inhibit IgE synthesis induced by CD40 mAb plus IL-4. PBMC derived from transplant patients receiving cyclosporin A failed to express CD40 ligand upon stimulation. These results suggest that patients receiving cyclosporin A may be deficient in CD40 ligand-dependent T cell help.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultCalcineurinCalmodulin-Binding ProteinsCD40 LigandChildCyclosporineFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesReceptors, Interleukin-2Tetradecanoylphorbol AcetateT-LymphocytesCalcineurinCalmodulin-Binding ProteinsCD40 LigandCyclosporineMembrane GlycoproteinsPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesReceptors, Interleukin-2Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate

Identifiers

PMID7907604
PMCPMC294093
OpenAlexW2150278877

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