Cutting edge: CD4+CD25+ alloantigen-specific immunoregulatory cells that can prevent CD8+ T cell-mediated graft rejection: implications for anti-CD154 immunotherapy

Andre van van Maurik, Manuela Herber, Kathryn J Wood, Nick D Jones

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5401-4
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Immunology
Volume169
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - 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

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