Interleukin-18 Regulates Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease by Enhancing Fas-mediated Donor T Cell Apoptosis
Reddy P, Teshima T, Kukuruga M, Ordemann R, Liu C, Lowler K, Ferrara J. Interleukin-18 Regulates Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease by Enhancing Fas-mediated Donor T Cell Apoptosis. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2001, 194: 1433-1440. PMID: 11714750, PMCID: PMC2193680, DOI: 10.1084/jem.194.10.1433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor T cellsIL-18Acute GVHDHost diseaseT cellsDonor T cell expansionSerum tumor necrosis factorT helper type 1Acute Graft-VersusGamma knockout miceGVHD-related mortalityMurine bone marrow transplantation modelBone marrow transplantation modelHelper type 1T cell expansionTumor necrosis factorFas-deficient miceT cell apoptosisAcute graftGraft-VersusBMT recipientsIntestinal histopathologyTh2 responsesInterleukin-18Transplantation model