2011
Transforming Growth Factor Beta Expression by Human Vascular Cells Inhibits Interferon Gamma Production and Arterial Media Injury by Alloreactive Memory T Cells
Lebastchi AH, Khan SF, Qin L, Li W, Zhou J, Hibino N, Yi T, Rao DA, Pober JS, Tellides G. Transforming Growth Factor Beta Expression by Human Vascular Cells Inhibits Interferon Gamma Production and Arterial Media Injury by Alloreactive Memory T Cells. American Journal Of Transplantation 2011, 11: 2332-2341. PMID: 21812925, PMCID: PMC3203343, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03676.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffector T cellsMemory T cellsNaïve T cellsT cellsIL-17Vascular cellsEffector memory T cellsAlloreactive memory T cellsGrowth factor-beta expressionMedial smooth muscle cellsHuman effector memory T cellsHuman coronary artery graftsIL-17 productionCoronary artery graftsIFN-γ productionAllogeneic endothelial cellsInterferon-gamma productionDevelopment of arteriosclerosisExpression of TGFRole of TGFSmooth muscle cellsImmunodeficient mouse hostsHuman T cellsIntimal compartmentMedial infiltration
2001
Human Endothelial Cell Presentation of Antigen and the Homing of Memory/Effector T Cells to Skin
POBER J, KLUGER M, SCHECHNER J. Human Endothelial Cell Presentation of Antigen and the Homing of Memory/Effector T Cells to Skin. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 2001, 941: 12-25. PMID: 11594565, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03706.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDermal endothelial cellsEffector T cell populationsMicrovascular endothelial cellsMemory T cellsT cell populationsT cellsDermal microvascular endothelial cellsEndothelial cellsE-selectinMemory/effector T cellsAntigen-specific inflammatory responsesHuman dermal endothelial cellsAdhesion moleculesEndothelial cell presentationEffector T cellsT cell recruitmentCutaneous immune reactionsClass II MHC moleculesHours of challengeAntigen-independent mannerVCAM-1 expressionCell populationsHuman dermal microvascular endothelial cellsCultured human endothelial cellsLeukocyte adhesion molecules