Publications by authors named "D W BOARDMAN"
Regulatory T (T) cells are a suppressive subset of CD4 T cells that maintain immune homeostasis and restrain inflammation. Three decades after their discovery, the promise of strategies to harness T cells for therapy has never been stronger. Multiple clinical trials seeking to enhance endogenous T cells or deliver them as a cell-based therapy have been performed and hint at signs of success, as well as to important limitations and unanswered questions.
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- The audit aimed to assess and improve the completeness and accuracy of the National Joint Registry (NJR) dataset specifically for elbow arthroplasty surgeries.
- In a two-phase approach, Phase 1 compared NJR data with NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), identifying thousands of unmatched and inaccurate records, particularly for radial head arthroplasties (RHAs).
- Phase 2 involved collaboration among 142 NHS hospitals to correct and update records, resulting in an improved completeness of the NJR dataset from 63% to 93% and accuracy from 94% to 98%.
Tregs expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CAR-Tregs) are a promising tool to promote transplant tolerance. The relationship between CAR structure and Treg function was studied in xenogeneic, immunodeficient mice, revealing advantages of CD28-encoding CARs. However, these models could underrepresent interactions between CAR-Tregs, antigen-presenting cells (APCs), and donor-specific Abs.
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