Enhanced allostimulatory activity of host antigen-presenting cells in old mice intensifies acute graft-versus-host disease
Ordemann R, Hutchinson R, Friedman J, Burakoff S, Reddy P, Duffner U, Braun T, Liu C, Teshima T, Ferrara J. Enhanced allostimulatory activity of host antigen-presenting cells in old mice intensifies acute graft-versus-host disease. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2002, 109: 1249-1256. PMID: 11994414, PMCID: PMC150964, DOI: 10.1172/jci14793.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgingAnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsBone Marrow TransplantationCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseHumansIntestine, SmallKiller Cells, NaturalLipopolysaccharidesLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSurvival RateT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTransplantation ChimeraTransplantation, HomologousTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsAntigen-presenting cellsDonor T-cell responsesHost antigen-presenting cellsT cell responsesOld miceAcute graftAllogeneic BMTHost diseaseOlder recipientsBM chimerasBMT modelT cellsCell responsesBone marrow transplantation recipientsDonor T cellsMore TNF-alphaMarrow transplantation recipientsMurine BMT modelHitherto unsuspected mechanismAcute GVHDAllostimulatory activityGVHD mortalitySevere GVHDWorse GVHDYoung BM