1999
Human vascular endothelial cells favor clonal expansion of unusual alloreactive CTL.
Biedermann B, Pober J. Human vascular endothelial cells favor clonal expansion of unusual alloreactive CTL. The Journal Of Immunology 1999, 162: 7022-30. PMID: 10358144, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.12.7022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget cell contactB lymphoblastoid cellsLittle IFN-gammaIFN-gammaEndothelial cellsCTL clonesClass I MHC-restricted CTLAbsence of ECExpression of CD40LAllogeneic endothelial cellsIFN-gamma secretionIL-4 secretionCell contactHuman vascular endothelial cellsVascular endothelial cellsCTL subsetsCD40L expressionCTL linesCD40 ligandT cellsAlloreactive CTLArterial intimaClonal expansionCTLCultured HUVECs
1994
Endothelial cell-induced resistance to cyclosporin A in human peripheral blood T cells requires contact-dependent interactions involving CD2 but not CD28.
Karmann K, Pober JS, Hughes CC. Endothelial cell-induced resistance to cyclosporin A in human peripheral blood T cells requires contact-dependent interactions involving CD2 but not CD28. The Journal Of Immunology 1994, 153: 3929-37. PMID: 7523510, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.153.9.3929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-2 secretionT cellsEndothelial cellsPeripheral blood T cellsHuman peripheral blood T cellsGraft endothelial cellsHost T cellsBlood T cellsT cell CD28Cultured human endothelial cellsEndothelial cell ligandsIL-2 synthesisInitiation of cocultureContact-dependent interactionsEffect of ECHuman endothelial cellsT cell CD2Presence of ECInhibitory doseLFA-3Cell ligandsCyclosporin ACD28Cell contactSecretion