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
1998
Dermal Microvascular Injury in the Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Reconstituted-Severe Combined Immunodeficient (HuPBL-SCID) Mouse/Skin Allograft Model Is T Cell Mediated and Inhibited by a Combination of Cyclosporine and Rapamycin
Murray A, Schechner J, Epperson D, Sultan P, McNiff J, Hughes C, Lorber M, Askenase P, Pober J. Dermal Microvascular Injury in the Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Reconstituted-Severe Combined Immunodeficient (HuPBL-SCID) Mouse/Skin Allograft Model Is T Cell Mediated and Inhibited by a Combination of Cyclosporine and Rapamycin. American Journal Of Pathology 1998, 153: 627-638. PMID: 9708821, PMCID: PMC1852982, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65604-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCyclosporineDrug Therapy, CombinationEndothelium, VascularEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFlow CytometryGenes, MHC Class IIGraft RejectionHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsKeratinocytesMiceMice, SCIDMicrocirculationPolyenesSirolimusSkinSkin TransplantationT-LymphocytesTransplantation, HomologousVascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1ConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsSkin allograft modelMicrovascular injuryT cellsCell infiltrateAllograft modelWhole peripheral blood mononuclear cellsT cell-dependent mechanismT cell-mediated rejectionHuman natural killer cellsSCID/beige miceEndothelial cell sloughingT Cell-MediatedCell-mediated rejectionCombination of cyclosporineT-cell infiltratesCell-dependent mechanismMononuclear cell infiltrateNatural killer cellsMononuclear cell infiltrationBlood mononuclear cellsSkin graft modelHuman immune responseImmunoglobulin G antibodies
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 microvesselsBlockade of CD2-LFA-3 interactions protects human skin allografts in immunodeficient mouse/human chimeras
Sultan P, Schechner J, McNiff J, Hochman P, Hughes C, Lorber M, Askenase P, Pober J. Blockade of CD2-LFA-3 interactions protects human skin allografts in immunodeficient mouse/human chimeras. Nature Biotechnology 1997, 15: 759-762. PMID: 9255790, DOI: 10.1038/nbt0897-759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin graftsLFA-3Human T-cell infiltrationIsotype-matched control antibodyT cell infiltrationSkin graft rejectionHuman skin graftsHuman skin allograftsCD2-LFA-3 interactionHuman LFA-3Microvascular injuryGraft rejectionLeukocyte infiltrationSkin allograftsImmune modulatorsControl antibodyInjury modelImmunodeficient miceImmune reactionsMouse/human chimeraMurine mAbsCD2 interactionPrincipal ligandGraftInjury