Articles tagged "Endothelial cells"

2019 American Transplant Congress
MHC Molecule-Ablated Human Endothelial Cells Form Alloimmune-Evasive Microvessels
J. Merola¹, M. Reschke², L. Qin¹, S. Spindler¹, R. W. Pierce³, T. D. Manes⁴, G. Li¹, L. Bracaglia², N. Kirkiles-Smith⁴, T. Baltazar⁴, W. Saltzman², G. T. Tietjen¹, G. Tellides¹, J. S. Pober⁴
¹Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Biomedical Engineering, Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, New Haven, CT, ³Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: “Off the shelf” tissue-engineered organs will require use of allogeneic cell sources. Allogeneic human endothelial cells (ECs), necessary for organ perfusion, can initiate graft…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Mitochondrial Permeability Regulates Heart Graft Ischemia – Reperfusion Injury and Rejection
A. Qamar¹, J. Jiang¹, X. Huang², P. McLeod², A. M. Jevnikar², Z. Zhang²
¹Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ²London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
*Purpose: A growing body of evidence indicates that mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) formation plays a crucial role in necroptosis - a programmed form of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Novel Activation Responses by Endothelial Cells within the Pro-Tolerogenic Intragraft Microenvironment
J. Wedel¹, K. Liu¹, P. T. Sage², C. V. Carman³, P. Bobrowicz⁴, S. Kong⁵, B. McLaughlin⁴, D. M. Briscoe¹
¹Transplant Research Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Transplant Research Center, Brigham and Woman Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ⁴Compass Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Current paradigms indicate that endothelial cells (EC) within allografts participate in the initiation and progression of allograft rejection. However, little is known about their…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Treg-Lymphatic Crosstalk: Lymphotoxin Signals as Modulators of Immunity and Suppression
W. Piao¹, L. Li², V. Saxena², Y. Xiong², C. Paluskievicz², J. Bromberg³
¹Microbiology and Immunology, U. Maryland, Baltimore, baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, U. Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, ³Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, U. Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Little is known about the molecular cues that regulate the entry of leukocytes across lymphatic vessels. Regulatory T cells (Treg) express high amounts of…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Lymphotoxin Beta Receptor Modulation in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Alters Regulatory T Cell Dynamics
V. Saxena, W. Piao, Y. Xiong, L. Li, C. Wagner, J. Bromberg.
U Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Background:Lymphotoxin beta receptor (LTβR) mediated signaling in lymphatic endothelium cells (LEC) is important for migration of regulatory T cells (Treg) to afferent lymphatic vessels (LV)…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Double Deficiency of Gelatinase-A and Gelatinase-B Does Not Protect against Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
S. Duarte, P. Matian, S. Ma, R. Busuttil, A. Coito.
Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles.
Gelatinases, consisting of gelatinase A (MMP-2; 72 KDa) and gelatinase B (MMP-9; 92KDa), are a subgroup of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) with key roles in a…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Endothelial Progenitor Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Inhibit Kidney Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury through the Transfer of Specific microRNA and mRNA Coding for the Complement Inhibitors CD55, CD59, Factor H and for the Transcription Factor NRF2: Relevance for Delayed Kidney Graft Function
V. Cantaluppi,¹ D. Medica,¹ S. Dellepiane,¹ G. Merlotti,¹ A. Airoldi,¹ M. Quaglia,¹ G. Castellano,² L. Gesualdo,² G. Camussi.³
¹Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO), Novara, Italy; ²Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; ³Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Complement activation and oxidative cell damage are hallmarks of delayed kidney graft function (DGF) due to ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) protect from…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Mitochondrial Membrane Permeability Plays a Critical Role for Endothelial Cell Necroptosis and Cardiac Allograft Rejection
I. Gan, J. Jiang, D. Lian, X. Huang, W. Liu, A. Haig, A. Jevnikar, Z. Zhang.
Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Multi Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Background: Transplant injury is invariably associated with programmed cell death resulting in delayed graft function and organ rejection. We were the first to describe receptor-interacting…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Impact of Flow in Hypothermic Machine Perfusion on Human Venous Endothelium Using a Novel Ex Vivo Model
Y. Marie,¹ W. Ries,² K. Patel,¹ C. Turnbull,² N. Jamil,⁴ H. Caldwell,³ R. Telfer,² D. Neil,⁵ J. Nath,¹ N. Inston.¹
¹Department of Renal Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; ²College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; ³Division of Pathology Laboratories, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ⁴Department of Cellular Pathology, Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom; ⁵Department of Histopathology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
BACKGROUNDHypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) involves dynamic flow of chilled preservation fluid through an allograft's vasculature. This study describes a simple, reproducible, human model that allows…
2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Endothelial Cell Based Complement Dependent Cytotoxicity Test in Kidney Transplantation
R. Lammerts,¹ J. van den Born,¹ W. Dam,¹ M. Seelen,¹ B. Hepkema,² B. Kroesen,² M. Daha,¹ R. Pol,³ S. Berger,¹ On behalf of the COMBAT Consortium.¹
¹Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Department of Immunology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Department of Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Introduction:Relevant alloantibodies in kidney transplantation comprise anti-HLA antibodies, blood group antibodies (ABO incompatible) and anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) and can initiate antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR). ABMR…