Abstract
Blockade of CD40-CD154 interactions can facilitate long-term allograft acceptance in selected rodent and in primate models, but, due to the ability of CD154-independent CD8(+) T cells to initiate graft rejection, this strategy is not always effective. In this work we demonstrate that blockade of the CD40-CD154 pathway at the time of transplantation enables the generation of donor alloantigen-specific CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells, and that if the regulatory cells are present in sufficient numbers they can suppress allograft rejection mediated by CD154-independent CD8(+) T cells.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5401-4 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Immunology |
Volume | 169 |
Issue number | 10 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Nov 2002 |
Keywords
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Animals
- Antigens, CD40
- Heart Transplantation
- Skin Transplantation
- Mice
- Receptors, Interleukin-2
- Mice, Transgenic
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Mice, Knockout
- CD40 Ligand
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mice, Inbred NZB
- Adoptive Transfer
- Graft Rejection
- Antigens, CD4
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets