1999
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
1998
Human endothelial cells induce and regulate cytolytic T cell differentiation.
Biedermann B, Pober J. Human endothelial cells induce and regulate cytolytic T cell differentiation. The Journal Of Immunology 1998, 161: 4679-87. PMID: 9794397, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.9.4679.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB lymphoblastoid cellsEndothelial cellsHuman endothelial cellsSame donorT cellsProliferation of CD8IFN-gamma secretionCultured human endothelial cellsT cell differentiationT cell growthAllogeneic CD8CTL responsesPerforin expressionCTL differentiationPresence of ECT lymphocytesAllospecific CTLCD8CTLEfficient stimulatorsLymphoblastoid cellsCell numberReproducible frequencyCell growthInput cell number
1994
Antigen-presenting function of human endothelial cells. Direct activation of resting CD8 T cells.
Epperson DE, Pober JS. Antigen-presenting function of human endothelial cells. Direct activation of resting CD8 T cells. The Journal Of Immunology 1994, 153: 5402-12. PMID: 7989746, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.153.12.5402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD8 T cellsMemory CD8 T cellsT cell proliferative responsesAllogeneic endothelial cellsCell proliferative responsesT cellsAdhesion molecule-1Endothelial cellsCD8/IL-2Proliferative responseMolecule-1CD4 T cell proliferative responsesLate activation Ag-4Human CD8 T cellsVascular cell adhesion molecule-1Class II MHC expressionIntercellular adhesion molecule-1Cell adhesion molecule-1CD4 T cellsIFN-gamma secretionOrgan graft rejectionIL-2R alpha subunitIntercellular adhesion molecule-2CD8 cells