2009
A Crucial Role for Antigen Presenting Cells in Donor CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cell Mediated Suppression of Experimental Gvhd.
Tawara I, Toubai T, Malter C, Sun Y, Nieves E, Lowler K, Liu C, Ferrara J, Reddy P. A Crucial Role for Antigen Presenting Cells in Donor CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cell Mediated Suppression of Experimental Gvhd. Blood 2009, 114: 688. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v114.22.688.688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHost antigen presenting cellsAntigen presenting cellsGVHD mortalityGVHD protectionT cellsWT recipientsIL-10Effector phaseDonor TregsExperimental GVHDAllo-antigenB6 animalsPresenting cellsClass IIProfessional antigen presenting cellsLack of TregsMaintenance of GVHDRegulation of GVHDResponse of TregsExpansion of CD8Target tissuesRegulatory T cellsT cell effectorsClass II expressionHost target tissues
2004
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
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 expressionHost Dendritic Cells Alone Are Sufficient to Initiate Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease
Duffner U, Maeda Y, Cooke K, Reddy P, Ordemann R, Liu C, Ferrara J, Teshima T. Host Dendritic Cells Alone Are Sufficient to Initiate Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease. The Journal Of Immunology 2004, 172: 7393-7398. PMID: 15187116, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.12.7393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost dendritic cellsDendritic cellsB cellsT cellsAcute GVHDHost diseaseHost-derived dendritic cellsLethal acute GVHDAllogeneic dendritic cellsII-deficient miceMHC class IIMHC class IAcute graftChimeric recipientsHost APCsAPC subsetsAlloantigen expressionGVHDMHC classClass IIClass IRobust proliferationSelective targetingGraftDisease
2003
Impaired thymic negative selection causes autoimmune graft-versus-host disease
Teshima T, Reddy P, Liu C, Williams D, Cooke K, Ferrara J. Impaired thymic negative selection causes autoimmune graft-versus-host disease. Blood 2003, 102: 429-435. PMID: 12663438, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-01-0266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesBone Marrow TransplantationCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedClonal DeletionDendritic CellsEpithelial CellsFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1MiceMice, Inbred C57BLRadiation ChimeraRadiation ToleranceSelf ToleranceSkinSpleenThymectomyThymus GlandT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVisceraConceptsThymic negative selectionSystemic autoimmune diseaseAntigen-presenting cellsAutoimmune diseasesHost diseaseT cellsAutoreactive T cell repertoireClass IIThymic antigen-presenting cellsMajor histocompatibility complex class IIHistocompatibility complex class IIImpaired negative selectionLethal autoimmune diseaseBone marrow chimerasPeripheral regulatory mechanismsT cell repertoireMHC class IIMHC class INegative selectionAcute graftAcute GVHDAutoimmune graftPeripheral CD4Adoptive transferNaive mice