Human vascular endothelial cells favor clonal expansion of unusual alloreactive CTL.
Biedermann B, Pober J. Human vascular endothelial cells favor clonal expansion of unusual alloreactive CTL. The Journal Of Immunology 1999, 162: 7022-30. PMID: 10358144, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.12.7022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget cell contactB lymphoblastoid cellsLittle IFN-gammaIFN-gammaEndothelial cellsCTL clonesClass I MHC-restricted CTLAbsence of ECExpression of CD40LAllogeneic endothelial cellsIFN-gamma secretionIL-4 secretionCell contactHuman vascular endothelial cellsVascular endothelial cellsCTL subsetsCD40L expressionCTL linesCD40 ligandT cellsAlloreactive CTLArterial intimaClonal expansionCTLCultured HUVECs