2003
Engraftment of a vascularized human skin equivalent
Schechner JS, Crane SK, Wang F, Szeglin AM, Tellides G, Lorber MI, Bothwell AL, Pober JS. Engraftment of a vascularized human skin equivalent. The FASEB Journal 2003, 17: 2250-2256. PMID: 14656987, DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-0257com.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman umbilical vein endothelial cellsHuman skin equivalentsAcellular dermis graftsSkin equivalentsBcl-2-transduced human umbilical vein endothelial cellsUmbilical vein endothelial cellsEndothelial cell transplantationVein endothelial cellsCultured human keratinocytesCell transplantationSurvival gene bcl-2Orthotopic implantationSuccessful transplantationDermis graftImmunodeficient miceClinical utilityGraft vascularizationImpaired angiogenesisGene Bcl-2Bcl-2-transduced cellsAcellular dermisEndothelial cellsClinical performanceGraftBcl-2
2002
Porcine Endothelial Cells, Unlike Human Endothelial Cells, Can Be Killed by Human CTL Via Fas Ligand and Cannot Be Protected by Bcl-2
Zheng L, Ben LH, Pober JS, Bothwell AL. Porcine Endothelial Cells, Unlike Human Endothelial Cells, Can Be Killed by Human CTL Via Fas Ligand and Cannot Be Protected by Bcl-2. The Journal Of Immunology 2002, 169: 6850-6855. PMID: 12471117, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.12.6850.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, HeterophileApoptosisCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell LineCell Line, TransformedCoculture TechniquesCytotoxicity Tests, ImmunologicCytotoxicity, ImmunologicEndothelium, VascularEpitopes, T-LymphocyteFas Ligand ProteinFas ReceptorGenetic VectorsGranzymesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansImmunity, InnateIsoantigensLigandsMembrane GlycoproteinsPerforinPore Forming Cytotoxic ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Serine EndopeptidasesSwineT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicConceptsHuman endothelial cellsPorcine endothelial cellsEndothelial cellsBcl-2MHC class I restrictionClass I restrictionPorcine aortic endothelial cellsTarget cell recognitionAnti-Fas ligand AbAortic endothelial cellsHost CTLAcute rejectionCTL responsesDrug-induced apoptosisHuman CTLPorcine targetsTarget cell typeHuman xenotransplantationFas expressionFas ligandPorcine cellsCTLMajor effectorCell recognitionMajor targetImmunosuppressive effects of tautomycetin in vivo and in vitro via T cell-specific apoptosis induction
Shim JH, Lee HK, Chang EJ, Chae WJ, Han JH, Han DJ, Morio T, Yang JJ, Bothwell A, Lee SK. Immunosuppressive effects of tautomycetin in vivo and in vitro via T cell-specific apoptosis induction. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2002, 99: 10617-10622. PMID: 12149481, PMCID: PMC124991, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.162522099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntifungal AgentsApoptosisCaspase 3Caspase 9CaspasesCell DivisionCyclosporineFuransHeart TransplantationHeLa CellsHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsJurkat CellsLipidsLymphocyte ActivationMolecular StructurePhosphorylationPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2RatsRats, Inbred LewRats, WistarReceptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesTyrosine