Human endothelial cells augment early CD40 ligand expression in activated CD4+ T cells through LFA-3-mediated stabilization of mRNA.
Murakami K, Ma W, Fuleihan R, Pober J. Human endothelial cells augment early CD40 ligand expression in activated CD4+ T cells through LFA-3-mediated stabilization of mRNA. The Journal Of Immunology 1999, 163: 2667-73. PMID: 10453007, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.5.2667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD40 ligand expressionT cellsCD40L mRNALFA-3CD40L expressionICAM-1Ligand expressionICAM-1 antisense oligonucleotideT-cell mRNA expressionCD40L protein expressionPretreatment of ECPromoter-reporter geneHuman endothelial cellsIL-2CD4Capacity of ECMRNA expressionICAM-2Endothelial cellsProtein expressionCD40LAntisense oligonucleotidePHAMRNACellsHuman 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