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
2000
Human TNF Can Induce Nonspecific Inflammatory and Human Immune-Mediated Microvascular Injury of Pig Skin Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mouse Hosts
Kirkiles-Smith N, Tereb D, Kim R, McNiff J, Schechner J, Lorber M, Pober J, Tellides G. Human TNF Can Induce Nonspecific Inflammatory and Human Immune-Mediated Microvascular Injury of Pig Skin Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mouse Hosts. The Journal Of Immunology 2000, 164: 6601-6609. PMID: 10843720, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.12.6601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAdultAnimalsCell Adhesion MoleculesDose-Response Relationship, ImmunologicDrug SynergismEndothelium, VascularGraft RejectionHistocompatibility AntigensHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, SCIDMicrocirculationSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencySkin TransplantationSwineT-LymphocytesTransplantation, HeterologousTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaUp-RegulationConceptsHuman T-cell infiltrationPig skin xenograftsT cell infiltrationSkin xenograftsCell infiltrationHuman TNFIFN-gammaE-selectinT cell-mediated rejectionEndothelial cellsAdhesion moleculesCytokine-mediated injuryNonspecific inflammatory damagePig skin graftsCell-mediated rejectionAppropriate therapeutic targetsImmunodeficient mouse modelPorcine E-selectinEndothelial adhesion moleculesPorcine IFN-gammaClass II moleculesHuman skin allograftsMHC class IPorcine endothelial cellsImmunodeficient mouse hosts