2015 American Transplant Congress
B Cell Depletion With an Anti-CD20 Antibody Enhances Alloreactive Memory T Cell Response After Transplantation
Pre-transplant B cell depletion in NHP with Rituximab (IgG1 anti-CD20 mAb) combined with cyclosporin A has been shown to promote the survival of islets allografts.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Induction of a Costimulation-Susceptible Repertoire: A Case for Depletional Prior to Belatacept
1Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC; 2Transplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Belatacept offers highly specific costimulation blockade to prevent recipient alloimmune responses with reduced toxicity. However, when applied with nondepletional induction therapy belatacept-based regimens have higher…2015 American Transplant Congress
Vaccine-Induced 'Incognito' CD8+ T Cell Memory Can Disrupt Transplantation Tolerance
Transplant recipients harbor immunity to vaccines and pathogens (e.g. CMV, EBV). Pre-existing immunity can have significant antigen-specific ramifications, usually attributed to heterologous immunity, as pathogen-reactive…
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