Antibody-induced transplantation tolerance that is dependent on thymus-derived regulatory T cells

S Deng, DJ Moore, X Huang, M Mohiuddin… - The Journal of …, 2006 - journals.aai.org
Targeting of the CD45RB isoform by mAb (anti-CD45RB) effectively induces donor-specific
tolerance to allografts. The immunological mechanisms underlying the tolerant state remain …

Transplant tolerance: models, concepts and facts

NJ Monk, REG Hargreaves, E Simpson… - Journal of molecular …, 2006 - Springer
Despite extensive research, our understanding of immunological tolerance to self-antigens
is incomplete, and the goal of achieving tolerance to allogeneic transplanted tissue remains …

Donor T-cell alloreactivity against host thymic epithelium limits T-cell development after bone marrow transplantation

MM Hauri-Hohl, MP Keller, J Gill, K Hafen, E Pachlatko… - Blood, 2007 - ashpublications.org
Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) impairs thymus-dependent T-cell regeneration in
recipients of allogeneic bone marrow transplants through yet to be defined mechanisms …

Tolerance to donor skin graft by grafting with mixed fetal F344 rat and BALB/c mouse thymus in nude mice

X Zhijie, W Jun, Z Junsong… - Di 3 jun yi da xue xue bao …, 2004 - europepmc.org
Three months after mixed thymie graft transplantation, skin grafting was performed and the
reconstilution of CD4+ CD25+ T cell subsets in the recipients was detected by flow …

Bone Marrow Transplantation Under Regulatory T Cell Cover to Induce Donor-Specific Tolerance

GR Hill - Transplantation, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The identification and therapeutic potential of T cells that intrinsically suppress immune
responses, defined by the expression of FoxP3 and referred to as regulatory T (Treg) cells, 1 …

Donor derived hematopoietic stem cell niche transplantation facilitates mixed chimerism mediated donor specific tolerance

W Zhang, Y Wang, F Zhong, X Wang, R Sucher… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Compelling experimental evidence confirms that the robustness and longevity of mixed
chimerism (MC) relies on the persistence and availability of donor-derived hematopoietic …

HeartEn Bloc Thymus Cotransplantation in NHPs Controls Cellular but not Humoral Alloreactivity

JOW Sommer, K Pruner, JT Paster… - The Journal of Heart …, 2018 - jhltonline.org
Purpose We have achieved tolerance of cardiac allografts in cynomolgus monkeys for the
first time by using a mixed chimerism-based conditioning protocol and by co-transplanting a …

Both rejection and tolerance of allografts can occur in the absence of secondary lymphoid tissues

CD Kant, Y Akiyama, K Tanaka, S Shea… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.aai.org
In this study, we showed that aly/aly mice, which are devoid of lymph nodes and Peyer's
patches, acutely rejected fully allogeneic skin and heart grafts. They mounted potent …

Neonatal tolerance is dependent upon thymic mechanisms

G Hisatake, P Abt, T Fisher, K Tessi-Webb… - …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Neonatal tolerance promotes specific long-term acceptance to skin allografts. It
is believed that this tolerant state is induced and maintained by the establishment of semi …

A given number of effector T cells can only destroy a limited number of target cells in graft rejection

P Zheng, Y Yang, S Li, J Li, W Gong, Z Quan - Transplant Immunology, 2010 - Elsevier
Anti-donor T cells mediate graft rejection and the frequency of anti-donor T cells directly
correlates with transplant outcome. It has long been noted that long-term tolerance was …