2012
Influence of Donor Microbiota on the Severity of Experimental Graft-versus-Host-Disease
Tawara I, Liu C, Tamaki H, Toubai T, Sun Y, Evers R, Nieves E, Mathewson N, Nunez G, Reddy P. Influence of Donor Microbiota on the Severity of Experimental Graft-versus-Host-Disease. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2012, 19: 164-168. PMID: 22982686, PMCID: PMC3529780, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2012.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeverity of GVHDDonor microbiotaHost diseaseT cellsT cell-mediated alloresponsesGerm-free donorsSeverity of graftAlloreactive T cellsRelevant murine modelImmune responseMurine modelRecipient microbiotaExperimental graftGVHDSeverityMicrobiotaRecent dataGraftMicrobial floraAlloresponsesCellsDiseaseDonor- but not host-derived interleukin-10 contributes to the regulation of experimental graft-versus-host disease
Tawara I, Sun Y, Liu C, Toubai T, Nieves E, Evers R, Alrubaie M, Mathewson N, Tamaki H, Reddy P. Donor- but not host-derived interleukin-10 contributes to the regulation of experimental graft-versus-host disease. Journal Of Leukocyte Biology 2012, 91: 667-675. PMID: 22262800, PMCID: PMC3317273, DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1011510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuppression of GVHDSeverity of GVHDIL-10Donor TregsBM graftsRegulation of GVHDImmune-regulatory cytokinesInterleukin-10 contributeAcute GVHDClinical GVHDGVHD severityHost diseaseDonor graftsGVHDPreclinical modelsTregsGene polymorphismsExperimental graftCellular subsetsGraftSeverityHost cellsFunctional relevanceHost tissuesIL
2011
Host Basophils Are Dispensable for Induction of Donor T Helper 2 Cell Differentiation and Severity of Experimental Graft-versus-Host Disease
Tawara I, Nieves E, Liu C, Evers R, Toubai T, Sun Y, Alrubaie M, Reddy P. Host Basophils Are Dispensable for Induction of Donor T Helper 2 Cell Differentiation and Severity of Experimental Graft-versus-Host Disease. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2011, 17: 1747-1753. PMID: 21871863, PMCID: PMC3220796, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2011.08.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntigen-presenting cellsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationSeverity of GVHDBone marrow transplantationHost diseaseTh2 responsesMarrow transplantationDonor T cell proliferationDonor T-cell responsesInduction of graftT cell responsesT cell proliferationT helper 2 (Th2) cell differentiationTh2 polarizationLymphocyte responsesExperimental graftGVHDCell responsesBasophilsCell proliferationSeverityTransplantationGraftRecent dataDiseaseIkaros-Notch axis in host hematopoietic cells regulates experimental graft-versus-host disease
Toubai T, Sun Y, Tawara I, Friedman A, Liu C, Evers R, Nieves E, Malter C, Chockley P, Maillard I, Winandy S, Reddy P. Ikaros-Notch axis in host hematopoietic cells regulates experimental graft-versus-host disease. Blood 2011, 118: 192-204. PMID: 21471527, PMCID: PMC3139384, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-12-324616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedDendritic CellsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseHematopoiesisIkaros Transcription FactorImmunophenotypingMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsReceptor, Notch1Signal TransductionConceptsDendritic cellsAcute GVHDDonor T cell expansionExperimental bone marrow transplantationHost hematopoietic cellsInduction of GVHDAllogeneic T cellsBone marrow transplantationT cell expansionRelevant murine modelGvH responseAllostimulatory capacityHost diseaseWild-type controlsDC biologyMarrow transplantationPotent APCsActivation markersTLR stimulationT cellsMurine modelGVHDExperimental graftEnhanced stimulationIkaros deficiency
2008
Histone deacetylase inhibition modulates indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase–dependent DC functions and regulates experimental graft-versus-host disease in mice
Reddy P, Sun Y, Toubai T, Duran-Struuck R, Clouthier S, Weisiger E, Maeda Y, Tawara I, Krijanovski O, Gatza E, Liu C, Malter C, Mascagni P, Dinarello C, Ferrara J. Histone deacetylase inhibition modulates indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase–dependent DC functions and regulates experimental graft-versus-host disease in mice. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2008, 118: 2562-2573. PMID: 18568076, PMCID: PMC2430497, DOI: 10.1172/jci34712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, CDBone Marrow TransplantationCytokinesDendritic CellsEnzyme InhibitorsFemaleGene ExpressionGraft vs Host DiseaseHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHumansHydroxamic AcidsIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseLipopolysaccharidesLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsMice, KnockoutRNA, Small InterferingSurvival AnalysisT-LymphocytesVorinostatConceptsDC functionHDAC inhibitorsSuberoylanilide hydroxamic acidHost diseaseExperimental graftBlockade of IDOPretreatment of DCsAllogeneic BM transplantationBM-derived cellsImmune-mediated diseasesExpression of CD40Expression of indoleamineBM transplantation modelExposure of DCsInduction of IDOVivo functional roleHistone deacetylase inhibitionHistone deacetylase inhibitorsMechanism of actionProinflammatory cytokinesBM transplantationWT DCsTransplantation modelImmunomodulatory functionsDeacetylase inhibitionExtracorporeal photopheresis reverses experimental graft-versus-host disease through regulatory T cells
Gatza E, Rogers C, Clouthier S, Lowler K, Tawara I, Liu C, Reddy P, Ferrara J. Extracorporeal photopheresis reverses experimental graft-versus-host disease through regulatory T cells. Blood 2008, 112: 1515-1521. PMID: 18411417, PMCID: PMC2515148, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-11-125542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegulatory T cellsExtracorporeal photopheresisHost diseaseT cellsDonor regulatory T cellsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaOngoing immune responseImmune-mediated diseasesT-cell lymphomaRelevant murine modelWhite blood cellsImmune responseMurine modelLymphocyte apoptosisImmune systemExperimental graftBlood cellsDiseaseECP treatmentGVHDPhotopheresisGraftDirect inductionCellsApoptosis