2009
NOD2 regulates hematopoietic cell function during graft-versus-host disease
Penack O, Smith O, Cunningham-Bussel A, Liu X, Rao U, Yim N, Na I, Holland A, Ghosh A, Lu S, Jenq R, Liu C, Murphy G, Brandl K, van den Brink M. NOD2 regulates hematopoietic cell function during graft-versus-host disease. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2009, 206: 2101-2110. PMID: 19737867, PMCID: PMC2757869, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20090623.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntigen-presenting cellsNOD2 deficiencyHost diseaseCrohn's diseaseExperimental allogeneic bone marrow transplantationAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationHost antigen-presenting cellsAllo-BMT recipientsDevelopment of GVHDExperimental colitis modelHematopoietic cellsHost hematopoietic cellsDonor T cellsIndependent risk factorBone marrow chimerasBone marrow transplantationChimeric recipientsIntestinal inflammationProinflammatory stateColitis modelMarrow transplantationNOD2 mutationsRisk factorsT cellsPaneth cells
2004
Host Dendritic Cells Alone Are Sufficient to Initiate Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease
Duffner U, Maeda Y, Cooke K, Reddy P, Ordemann R, Liu C, Ferrara J, Teshima T. Host Dendritic Cells Alone Are Sufficient to Initiate Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease. The Journal Of Immunology 2004, 172: 7393-7398. PMID: 15187116, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.12.7393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost dendritic cellsDendritic cellsB cellsT cellsAcute GVHDHost diseaseHost-derived dendritic cellsLethal acute GVHDAllogeneic dendritic cellsII-deficient miceMHC class IIMHC class IAcute graftChimeric recipientsHost APCsAPC subsetsAlloantigen expressionGVHDMHC classClass IIClass IRobust proliferationSelective targetingGraftDisease