2023
Hedgehog costimulation during ischemia-reperfusion injury potentiates cytokine and homing responses of CD4+ T cells
Wang S, Song G, Barkestani M, Tobiasova Z, Wang Q, Jiang Q, Lopez R, Adelekan-Kamara Y, Fan M, Pober J, Tellides G, Jane-wit D. Hedgehog costimulation during ischemia-reperfusion injury potentiates cytokine and homing responses of CD4+ T cells. Frontiers In Immunology 2023, 14: 1248027. PMID: 37915586, PMCID: PMC10616247, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1248027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemia-reperfusion injuryHuman skin xenograftsSkin xenograftsT cellsPolyfunctional cytokine responsesSolid organ transplantationT cell subsetsResponse of CD4Expression of ICOST cell populationsHumanized mouse modelPeripheral helper cellsAllograft lossIL-21PD-1Reperfusion injuryCytokine responsesVascular inflammationPolyclonal expansionHelper cellsOrgan transplantationMouse modelClinical problemCostimulatory signalsDistinct subsets
2015
MHC class II-disparate heart but not skin allografts accelerate recipient cardiovascular disease (TRAN1P.934)
Zhou J, yi T, Qin L, Ali R, Li Q, Jiao Y, Li G, Zhang J, Sadeghi M, Pober J, Tellides G. MHC class II-disparate heart but not skin allografts accelerate recipient cardiovascular disease (TRAN1P.934). The Journal Of Immunology 2015, 194: 140.16-140.16. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.194.supp.140.16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSkin allograftsCardiovascular diseaseAllograft rejectionCardiac allograftsHeart allograftsDonor miceSkin graftsMHC classAtherosclerotic lesionsApoE-/- mouse modelEarly activation marker CD69End-stage organ failureCD4 T cellsWeeks post transplantationActivation marker CD69Larger atherosclerotic lesionsHeart isograftsCardiac isograftsOrgan failurePost transplantationIL-12ACardiac functionElevated mRNA levelsEffective therapyOrgan transplantation