2021
Endothelial Stromal PD-L1 (Programmed Death Ligand 1) Modulates CD8+ T-Cell Infiltration After Heart Transplantation
Bracamonte-Baran W, Gilotra N, Won T, Rodriguez K, Talor M, Oh B, Griffin J, Wittstein I, Sharma K, Skinner J, Johns R, Russell S, Anders R, Zhu Q, Halushka M, Brandacher G, Čiháková D. Endothelial Stromal PD-L1 (Programmed Death Ligand 1) Modulates CD8+ T-Cell Infiltration After Heart Transplantation. Circulation Heart Failure 2021, 14: e007982. PMID: 34555935, PMCID: PMC8550427, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.120.007982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-L1 expressionT cell infiltrationPD-L1Heart transplantationEndothelial cellsHemodynamic parametersPD1/PD-L1 axisCD8 T-cell ratioMultivariate logistic regression analysisPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsMurine model resultsGraft endothelial cellsHeart transplant patientsPD-L1 axisT cell frequenciesT cell ratioHeart transplantation modelSurveillance endomyocardial biopsiesBlood mononuclear cellsHuman heart transplantationLogistic regression analysisGraft expressionLeukocyte compartmentLeukocyte patternModulates CD8
2018
Sca‐1+ cardiac fibroblasts promote development of heart failure
Chen G, Bracamonte‐Baran W, Diny N, Hou X, Talor M, Fu K, Liu Y, Davogustto G, Vasquez H, Taegtmeyer H, Frazier O, Waisman A, Conway S, Wan F, Čiháková D. Sca‐1+ cardiac fibroblasts promote development of heart failure. European Journal Of Immunology 2018, 48: 1522-1538. PMID: 29953616, PMCID: PMC6696927, DOI: 10.1002/eji.201847583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureCardiac fibroblastsGM-CSFCardiac inflammationIL-17AFibroblast subsetsSca-1Post-infarct heart failureMyocardial infarction mouse modelExperimental autoimmune myocarditisHeart failure patientsCytokine production profileCardiac biopsy samplesAutoimmune myocarditisIschemic originFailure patientsIschemic cardiomyopathyInflammatory Ly6CImmune cellsMouse modelFl/Biopsy samplesMyocarditisMouse heartsSpecific ablation