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
1997
Pig but not human interferon-γ initiates human cell-mediated rejection of pig tissue in vivo
Sultan P, Murray A, McNiff J, Lorber M, Askenase P, Bothwell A, Pober J. Pig but not human interferon-γ initiates human cell-mediated rejection of pig tissue in vivo. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 8767-8772. PMID: 9238052, PMCID: PMC23121, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.16.8767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsPig skin graftsCell-mediated rejectionBlood mononuclear cellsIFN-gammaMononuclear cellsSkin graftsDermal microvesselsMajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule expressionT cell-mediated rejectionPerivascular mononuclear cell infiltratesClass II major histocompatibility complex moleculesMononuclear cell infiltrateMajor histocompatibility complex moleculesTumor necrosis factorEvidence of injuryHistocompatibility complex moleculesPig endothelial cellsCell infiltrateIntradermal injectionMolecule expressionSparse infiltrateIntraperitoneal inoculationMouse microvessels