Interleukin-6 Modulates Graft-versus-Host Responses after Experimental Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation
Tawara I, Koyama M, Liu C, Toubai T, Thomas D, Evers R, Chockley P, Nieves E, Sun Y, Lowler K, Malter C, Nishimoto N, Hill G, Reddy P. Interleukin-6 Modulates Graft-versus-Host Responses after Experimental Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation. Clinical Cancer Research 2011, 17: 77-88. PMID: 21047980, PMCID: PMC3058832, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-10-1198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationBone marrow transplantationDonor T cellsIL-6 deficiencyInterleukin-6MR16-1T cellsMarrow transplantationExperimental allogeneic bone marrow transplantationDonor regulatory T cellsBeneficial GVT effectsMR16-1 treatmentRegulatory T cellsProlongation of survivalDonor bone marrowEffector cell expansionRelevant murine modelIL-6 receptorBMT patientsGVT responseGVT effectHost diseaseBMT recipientsMAb therapyTumor effect