Both perforin and Fas ligand are required for the regulation of alloreactive CD8+ T cells during acute graft-versus-host disease
Maeda Y, Levy R, Reddy P, Liu C, Clouthier S, Teshima T, Ferrara J. Both perforin and Fas ligand are required for the regulation of alloreactive CD8+ T cells during acute graft-versus-host disease. Blood 2004, 105: 2023-2027. PMID: 15466930, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-08-3036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAnimalsBone Marrow TransplantationCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Culture TechniquesFas Ligand ProteinGraft vs Host DiseaseHistocompatibilityHistocompatibility Antigens Class ILymphocyte TransfusionMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred StrainsModels, AnimalPerforinPore Forming Cytotoxic ProteinsTransplantation, HomologousConceptsT cellsHost diseaseAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationT cell-mediated cytotoxicityTumor necrosis factor alphaMajor histocompatibility complex class IGreater serum levelsDonor T cellsBone marrow transplantationCell-mediated cytotoxicityHistocompatibility complex class IWild-type T cellsNecrosis factor alphaComplex class ILethal GVHDAcute graftAlloreactive CD8Histopathologic damageMarrow transplantationSerum levelsAlloantigen stimulationIrradiated murine modelFactor alphaCD8Murine modelParadoxical effects of interleukin-18 on the severity of acute graft-versus-host disease mediated by CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets after experimental allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
Min C, Maeda Y, Lowler K, Liu C, Clouthier S, Lofthus D, Weisiger E, Ferrara J, Reddy P. Paradoxical effects of interleukin-18 on the severity of acute graft-versus-host disease mediated by CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets after experimental allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Blood 2004, 104: 3393-3399. PMID: 15280194, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-02-0763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalApoptosisBone Marrow TransplantationCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIInterleukin-18Interleukin-18 Receptor alpha SubunitMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, InterleukinReceptors, Interleukin-18Severity of Illness IndexT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTransplantation, HomologousConceptsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationBone marrow transplantationExperimental allogeneic bone marrow transplantationDonor T cellsIL-18T cellsAcute GVHDAcute graftHost diseaseInterleukin-18Marrow transplantationClinical allogeneic bone marrow transplantationMajor histocompatibility complex class IIHistocompatibility complex class IIEndogenous IL-18Experimental acute graftT cell subsetsParadoxical effectFas-dependent mannerLess GVHDCytotoxic functionHistopathologic parametersGVHDClass IIFas expression