2013
Transplant Tolerance to Pancreatic Islets Is Initiated in the Graft and Sustained in the Spleen
Gagliani N, Jofra T, Valle A, Stabilini A, Morsiani C, Gregori S, Deng S, Rothstein DM, Atkinson M, Kamanaka M, Flavell RA, Roncarolo MG, Battaglia M. Transplant Tolerance to Pancreatic Islets Is Initiated in the Graft and Sustained in the Spleen. American Journal Of Transplantation 2013, 13: 1963-1975. PMID: 23834659, PMCID: PMC3869180, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12333.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalCD4 AntigensCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesForkhead Transcription FactorsGraft SurvivalIslets of LangerhansIslets of Langerhans TransplantationLeukocyte Common AntigensMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLSpleenT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransplantation ToleranceTransplantation, HomologousConceptsTr1 cellsLong-term toleranceTransplant toleranceRegulatory type 1 (Tr1) cellsSpecific immunomodulatory treatmentTreg cell transferCD25- T cellsRegulatory cell typesType 1 cellsAllograft toleranceImmunomodulatory treatmentTreg cellsAllogeneic transplantationT cellsMouse modelImmune systemTregsPancreatic isletsSpleenAllograftsCell typesCellsRegulatory functionsTransplantationEngraftment
2006
Antigen Exposure during Enhanced CTLA-4 Expression Promotes Allograft Tolerance In Vivo
Salvalaggio PR, Camirand G, Ariyan CE, Deng S, Rogozinski L, Basadonna GP, Rothstein DM. Antigen Exposure during Enhanced CTLA-4 Expression Promotes Allograft Tolerance In Vivo. The Journal Of Immunology 2006, 176: 2292-2298. PMID: 16455985, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.4.2292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCTLA-4 expressionLong-term engraftmentBALB/cCTLA-4Allograft toleranceCD4 cellsAnti-CD45RB treatmentAcute rejectionCD25 depletionDonor AgUnrelated alloantigensPeritransplant periodAntigen exposureEffector cellsPoor outcomeUnrelated AgAg exposureTransplantationEngraftmentDay 17Day 0Therapeutic enhancementMiceAlloantigensTemporal relationship