2010
A Crucial Role for Host APCs in the Induction of Donor CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cell-Mediated Suppression of Experimental Graft-versus-Host Disease
Tawara I, Shlomchik WD, Jones A, Zou W, Nieves E, Liu C, Toubai T, Duran-Struuck R, Sun Y, Clouthier SG, Evers R, Lowler KP, Levy RB, Reddy P. A Crucial Role for Host APCs in the Induction of Donor CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cell-Mediated Suppression of Experimental Graft-versus-Host Disease. The Journal Of Immunology 2010, 185: 3866-3872. PMID: 20810991, PMCID: PMC2981818, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigen-Presenting CellsBone Marrow TransplantationCell SeparationDisease Models, AnimalFlow CytometryGraft vs Host DiseaseHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLT-Lymphocyte SubsetsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryConceptsSuppression of GVHDDonor T cellsHost APCsBone marrow transplantationDonor TregsT cellsHost diseaseMarrow transplantationRegulatory T cell-mediated suppressionAlloreactive donor T cellsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationT cell-mediated suppressionInduction of donorInduction of GVHDRegulatory T cellsCell-mediated suppressionDevelopment of graftExperimental GVHDGVHD protectionTreg numbersIL-10Nonmalignant diseasesAlloantigen expressionGVHDMurine model
2004
Paradoxical effects of interleukin-18 on the severity of acute graft-versus-host disease mediated by CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets after experimental allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
Min C, Maeda Y, Lowler K, Liu C, Clouthier S, Lofthus D, Weisiger E, Ferrara J, Reddy P. Paradoxical effects of interleukin-18 on the severity of acute graft-versus-host disease mediated by CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets after experimental allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Blood 2004, 104: 3393-3399. PMID: 15280194, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-02-0763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalApoptosisBone Marrow TransplantationCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIInterleukin-18Interleukin-18 Receptor alpha SubunitMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, InterleukinReceptors, Interleukin-18Severity of Illness IndexT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTransplantation, HomologousConceptsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationBone marrow transplantationExperimental allogeneic bone marrow transplantationDonor T cellsIL-18T cellsAcute GVHDAcute graftHost diseaseInterleukin-18Marrow transplantationClinical allogeneic bone marrow transplantationMajor histocompatibility complex class IIHistocompatibility complex class IIEndogenous IL-18Experimental acute graftT cell subsetsParadoxical effectFas-dependent mannerLess GVHDCytotoxic functionHistopathologic parametersGVHDClass IIFas expressionHost Dendritic Cells Alone Are Sufficient to Initiate Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease
Duffner U, Maeda Y, Cooke K, Reddy P, Ordemann R, Liu C, Ferrara J, Teshima T. Host Dendritic Cells Alone Are Sufficient to Initiate Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease. The Journal Of Immunology 2004, 172: 7393-7398. PMID: 15187116, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.12.7393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost dendritic cellsDendritic cellsB cellsT cellsAcute GVHDHost diseaseHost-derived dendritic cellsLethal acute GVHDAllogeneic dendritic cellsII-deficient miceMHC class IIMHC class IAcute graftChimeric recipientsHost APCsAPC subsetsAlloantigen expressionGVHDMHC classClass IIClass IRobust proliferationSelective targetingGraftDisease
2002
Acute graft-versus-host disease does not require alloantigen expression on host epithelium
Teshima T, Ordemann R, Reddy P, Gagin S, Liu C, Cooke K, Ferrara J. Acute graft-versus-host disease does not require alloantigen expression on host epithelium. Nature Medicine 2002, 8: 575-581. PMID: 12042807, DOI: 10.1038/nm0602-575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntigen-presenting cellsHost antigen-presenting cellsAlloantigen expressionAcute GVHDHost diseaseTarget epitheliaMajor histocompatibility complex class ICD8-mediated GVHDBone marrow chimerasHistocompatibility complex class IClass II alloantigensTumor necrosis factorComplex class IAcute graftInflammatory cytokinesEffector mechanismsGVHDNecrosis factorMouse modelAntigen specificityTissue damageClass IHost epitheliumEpitheliumGraft