Human TNF Can Induce Nonspecific Inflammatory and Human Immune-Mediated Microvascular Injury of Pig Skin Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mouse Hosts
Kirkiles-Smith N, Tereb D, Kim R, McNiff J, Schechner J, Lorber M, Pober J, Tellides G. Human TNF Can Induce Nonspecific Inflammatory and Human Immune-Mediated Microvascular Injury of Pig Skin Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mouse Hosts. The Journal Of Immunology 2000, 164: 6601-6609. PMID: 10843720, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.12.6601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAdultAnimalsCell Adhesion MoleculesDose-Response Relationship, ImmunologicDrug SynergismEndothelium, VascularGraft RejectionHistocompatibility AntigensHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, SCIDMicrocirculationSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencySkin TransplantationSwineT-LymphocytesTransplantation, HeterologousTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaUp-RegulationConceptsHuman T-cell infiltrationPig skin xenograftsT cell infiltrationSkin xenograftsCell infiltrationHuman TNFIFN-gammaE-selectinT cell-mediated rejectionEndothelial cellsAdhesion moleculesCytokine-mediated injuryNonspecific inflammatory damagePig skin graftsCell-mediated rejectionAppropriate therapeutic targetsImmunodeficient mouse modelPorcine E-selectinEndothelial adhesion moleculesPorcine IFN-gammaClass II moleculesHuman skin allograftsMHC class IPorcine endothelial cellsImmunodeficient mouse hostsInterferon-γ elicits arteriosclerosis in the absence of leukocytes
Tellides G, Tereb D, Kirkiles-Smith N, Kim R, Wilson J, Schechner J, Lorber M, Pober J. Interferon-γ elicits arteriosclerosis in the absence of leukocytes. Nature 2000, 403: 207-211. PMID: 10646607, DOI: 10.1038/35003221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsArteriosclerosisCell DivisionCells, CulturedCoronary VesselsHistocompatibility AntigensHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImmunohistochemistryInterferon-gammaLeukocytesMiceMice, SCIDMuscle, Smooth, VascularPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaSwineTransplantation, HeterologousConceptsVascular smooth muscle cellsGraft arteriosclerosisIntimal expansionAbsence of leukocytesLesions of atherosclerosisSmooth muscle cellsAllogeneic transplantationArteriosclerotic changesAtheroma formationCytokine interferonExogenous IFNAntigen presentationT cellsImmunodeficient miceMononuclear leukocytesMouse modelArterial intimaIFNMuscle cellsArteriosclerosisLeukocytesHuman arteriesAtherosclerosisCellsTransplantation