2021
Complement‐activated human endothelial cells stimulate increased polyfunctionality in alloreactive T cells
Xie CB, Zhou J, Mackay S, Pober JS. Complement‐activated human endothelial cells stimulate increased polyfunctionality in alloreactive T cells. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 21: 1902-1909. PMID: 33415805, PMCID: PMC8096653, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesComplement System ProteinsCytokinesEndothelial CellsHumansLymphocyte ActivationT-Lymphocytes
2019
Progenitor-derived human endothelial cells evade alloimmunity by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated complete ablation of MHC expression
Merola J, Reschke M, Pierce RW, Qin L, Spindler S, Baltazar T, Manes TD, Lopez-Giraldez F, Li G, Bracaglia LG, Xie C, Kirkiles-Smith N, Saltzman WM, Tietjen GT, Tellides G, Pober JS. Progenitor-derived human endothelial cells evade alloimmunity by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated complete ablation of MHC expression. JCI Insight 2019, 4 PMID: 31527312, PMCID: PMC6824302, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.129739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllograftsAnimalsBeta 2-MicroglobulinCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCRISPR-Cas SystemsDisease Models, AnimalEndothelial CellsEndothelial Progenitor CellsFemaleFetal BloodGene Knockout TechniquesGraft RejectionHealthy VolunteersHumansIsoantibodiesKiller Cells, NaturalLymphocyte ActivationMiceMicrovesselsNuclear ProteinsOrgan TransplantationPrimary Cell CultureTissue EngineeringTrans-ActivatorsConceptsDonor-specific antibodiesClass II transactivatorEndothelial cellsMHC expressionAllogeneic natural killer (NK) cellsT effector memory cellsEffector memory T cellsClass IClass II major histocompatibility complex moleculesEffector memory cellsMHC molecule expressionMemory T cellsNatural killer cellsAlloreactive cytotoxic T lymphocytesAllogeneic endothelial cellsMajor histocompatibility complex moleculesCytotoxic T lymphocytesClass I MHC moleculesHistocompatibility complex moleculesI MHC moleculesAllogeneic CD4Donor leukocytesHuman endothelial cellsGraft perfusionKiller cells