The immunological basis of liver allograft rejection

V Ronca, G Wootton, C Milani, O Cain - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Liver allograft rejection remains a significant cause of morbidity and graft failure in liver
transplant recipients. Rejection is caused by the recognition of non-self donor alloantigens …

CD2 immunobiology

C Binder, F Cvetkovski, F Sellberg, S Berg… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The glycoprotein CD2 is a costimulatory receptor expressed mainly on T and NK cells that
binds to LFA3, a cell surface protein expressed on eg, antigen-presenting cells. CD2 has an …

Transient mTOR inhibition rescues 4-1BB CAR-Tregs from tonic signal-induced dysfunction

B Lamarthée, A Marchal, S Charbonnier, T Blein… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The use of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered regulatory T cells (Tregs) has
emerged as a promising strategy to promote immune tolerance. However, in conventional T …

Regulatory T cells in autoimmune kidney diseases and transplantation

N Mikami, S Sakaguchi - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 - nature.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells that express the transcription factor forkhead box protein P3
(FOXP3) are naturally present in the immune system and have roles in the maintenance of …

T‐cell receptor and B‐cell receptor repertoire profiling in adaptive immunity

A Minervina, M Pogorelyy… - Transplant International, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
B‐cell receptors and T‐cell receptors are the key molecules responsible for specific antigen
recognition in adaptive immunity. The huge diversity of immune receptor repertoires …

Antigen specific regulatory T cells in kidney transplantation and other tolerance settings

M Hu, NM Rogers, J Li, GY Zhang, YM Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Kidney transplantation is the most common solid organ transplant and the best current
therapy for end-stage kidney failure. However, with standard immunosuppression, most …

Lymphocytes: versatile participants in acute kidney injury and progression to chronic kidney disease

C Cao, Y Yao, R Zeng - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a major global public health concern due to
its high morbidity and mortality. The progression from AKI to chronic kidney disease (CKD) …

[HTML][HTML] Deletion of donor-reactive T cell clones after human liver transplant

TM Savage, BA Shonts, S Lau, A Obradovic… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
We recently developed a high throughput T cell receptor β chain (TCRβ) sequencing-based
approach to identifying and tracking donor-reactive T cells. To address the role of clonal …

Novel intragraft regulatory lymphoid structures in kidney allograft tolerance

IA Rosales, C Yang, EA Farkash… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intragraft events thought to be relevant to the development of tolerance are here subjected to
a comprehensive mechanistic study during long‐term spontaneous tolerance that occurs in …

Mechanisms of immune tolerance in liver transplantation-crosstalk between alloreactive T cells and liver cells with therapeutic prospects

H Lei, P Reinke, HD Volk, Y Lv, R Wu - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Liver transplantation (LTx) is currently the most powerful treatment for end-stage liver
disease. Although liver allograft is more tolerogenic compared to other solid organs, the …