2003
Combining altered levels of effector transcripts in circulating T cells with a marker of endothelial injury is specific for active graft-versus-host disease
Biedermann BC, Tsakiris DA, Gregor M, Pober JS, Gratwohl A. Combining altered levels of effector transcripts in circulating T cells with a marker of endothelial injury is specific for active graft-versus-host disease. Bone Marrow Transplantation 2003, 32: 1077-1084. PMID: 14625579, DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesEndothelium, VascularFas Ligand ProteinGraft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationInterferon-gammaLymphocyte ActivationMembrane GlycoproteinsMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesRNA, MessengerSensitivity and SpecificitySurvivorsT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTransplantation, HomologousVon Willebrand FactorConceptsCytotoxic T lymphocytesEndothelial injuryT cell activationT cellsT lymphocytesHost diseaseSCT recipientsAllogeneic stem cell transplantationAllospecific cytotoxic T lymphocytesIFN-γ transcript levelsActive chronic GVHDEndothelial injury resultsCD8 T lymphocytesCD8 T cellsCD4 T cellsLong-term survivorsStem cell transplantationImportant effector cellsVon Willebrand factor plasma levelsAge-matched controlsVascular endothelial cellsChronic GVHDActive graftEffector cellsCell transplantation
2000
Large-Scale Culture and Selective Maturation of Human Langerhans Cells from Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor-Mobilized CD34+ Progenitors
Gatti E, Velleca M, Biedermann B, Ma W, Unternaehrer J, Ebersold M, Medzhitov R, Pober J, Mellman I. Large-Scale Culture and Selective Maturation of Human Langerhans Cells from Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor-Mobilized CD34+ Progenitors. The Journal Of Immunology 2000, 164: 3600-3607. PMID: 10725716, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.7.3600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntigens, CD1Antigens, CD34Antigens, Differentiation, T-LymphocyteAntigens, NeoplasmCD40 LigandCell CountCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationDendritic CellsGranulocyte Colony-Stimulating FactorHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansImmunophenotypingLangerhans CellsLeukapheresisLigandsLipopolysaccharidesMembrane GlycoproteinsStem CellsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsDendritic cellsLangerhans cellsT cell stimulationG-CSF-mobilized patientsManipulation of DCsImmature dendritic cellsIL-12 productionPrimary immune responseHuman Langerhans cellsCell stimulationDifferent proinflammatory stimuliToll family receptorsDC preparationsMaturation stimuliTNF-alphaCD40 ligandMHC productsImmune responseBirbeck granulesProinflammatory stimuliCytokine removalFamily receptorsAg processingDC typesHomogenous population
1997
Pig but not human interferon-γ initiates human cell-mediated rejection of pig tissue in vivo
Sultan P, Murray A, McNiff J, Lorber M, Askenase P, Bothwell A, Pober J. Pig but not human interferon-γ initiates human cell-mediated rejection of pig tissue in vivo. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 8767-8772. PMID: 9238052, PMCID: PMC23121, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.16.8767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsFemaleGraft RejectionHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMice, SCIDRecombinant ProteinsSkin TransplantationSpecies SpecificitySwineTransplantation, HeterologousConceptsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsPig skin graftsCell-mediated rejectionBlood mononuclear cellsIFN-gammaMononuclear cellsSkin graftsDermal microvesselsMajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule expressionT cell-mediated rejectionPerivascular mononuclear cell infiltratesClass II major histocompatibility complex moleculesMononuclear cell infiltrateMajor histocompatibility complex moleculesTumor necrosis factorEvidence of injuryHistocompatibility complex moleculesPig endothelial cellsCell infiltrateIntradermal injectionMolecule expressionSparse infiltrateIntraperitoneal inoculationMouse microvessels