Articles tagged "T cells"

2020 American Transplant Congress
PD-1 Signals Murine and Human Treg for Enhanced Migration
W. Piao¹, Y. Xiong¹, L. Li¹, K. Hippen², Y. Zhang², V. Saxena¹, C. Paluskievicz¹, M. WillsonShirkey¹, B. Blazar³, L. Riella⁴, J. Bromberg⁵
¹Surgery, U of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²U of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, U of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Harvard U, Boston, MA, ⁵Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, U of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Programmed death-1 (PD-1) attenuates immune responses. Engagement of PD-1 by its ligands PD-L1 or PD-L2 regulates T cell development, proliferation, cytokine production, and apoptosis.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Role of Peptide Antigen, Antigen-Presenting Cells and CD4 T Cells in Modulating BK Polyomavirus (BKPyV)-Specific CD8 T Cell Responses In Vitro
M. Wilhelm, A. Kaur, M. Wernli, H. H. Hirsch
Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
*Purpose: BKPyV persists as significant cause of premature kidney transplant failure. Current treatment is based on reducing immunosuppression to regain immune control over BKPyV replication…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Induction of Transplant Tolerance by Modulating the Metabolic Stress Pathways
X. Xiao, L. Zhang, Y. Ying, Y. Wang, P. Arnold, Z. Zhang, X. Li
Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX
*Purpose: T cell activation and effector differentiation precede graft rejection, and this process is associated with robust metabolic burst to meet the energy demand of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Immune Cell Subset Profiles in HLA-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patients (HS KTx Pts) Desensitized with Clazakizumab (CLZ, Humanized Anti-IL-6 Monoclonal Antibody) Followed by Transplantation (Tx)
S. Ge¹, M. Chu¹, A. D. Guzman¹, E. D. Ortiz¹, A. Vo², N. Ammerman², S. C. Jordan², M. Toyoda¹
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: IL-6, B cell growth factor, increases follicular T helper cell (Tfh) activity, promoting plasmablast (PB) and plasma cell (PC) differentiation, and antibody production. A…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Activation of Tacrolimus Induced Cytotoxicity Through Apoptotic Pathways
S. Chung, S. Choi
Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: To elucidate the mechanism of cytotoxicity in FK506-treated Jurkat T cells, signal transduction pathway of TNF-related events was studied.*Methods: Viability of Jurkat T cells…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Host Immune Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus in Lung Transplant Recipients
L. Zaffiri¹, J. E. Messinger², J. Yi², K. J. Weinhold², G. Ferrari², M. Luftig², S. M. Palmer¹
¹Pulmonary and Critical Care, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: After lung transplantation, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a common opportunistic infection. The significance of EBV viremia following solid organ transplantation (SOT) remains unclear. Host…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Requirement of Thymic Irradiation for Induction of Mixed Chimerism and Renal Allograft Tolerance in Non-Human Primates
T. Hirose¹, H. Sasaki¹, T. Oura¹, D. Ma¹, A. Dehnadi¹, R. B. Colvin², I. Rosales², A. B. Cosimi¹, T. Kawai¹
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Thymic irradiation (TI) has been required for consistent induction of allograft tolerance through a mixed chimerism approach in both murine and nonhuman primate (NHP)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pre- And Post-Transplant (Tx) Clazakizumab (CLZ, Humanized Anti-IL-6 Monoclonal Antibody) Treatment Increased Regulatory T Cell (Treg) Percentage in CD4+ T Cells in HLA-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patients (HS KTx Pts)
S. Ge¹, M. Chu¹, E. D. Ortiz¹, A. D. Guzman¹, A. Vo², N. Ammerman², S. C. Jordan², M. Toyoda¹
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: IL-6 is a B cell growth factor and pro-inflammatory cytokine. Inhibition of IL-6 signaling modulates B cell activation and inflammatory process possibly through Treg…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Regulatory T Cell-Derived Amphiregulin Activates Fibroblasts to Promote Chronic Rejection after Heart Transplantation
L. Fan¹, X. Zhang¹, T. Li¹, L. R. Mathews¹, G. K. Dwyer², M. J. Calderon³, K. E. Helfrich³, M. A. Ross³, S. C. Watkins³, H. R. Turnquist¹
¹Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Center for Biologic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Chronic rejection (CR) after organ transplantation (Tx) manifests as function-limiting allograft fibrosis and vasculopathy. Current immunosuppressants fail to prevent CR and insights into the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Receptor 2 Regulates Migration through Endothelial Cell VCAM and Adherens Junctions
Y. Xiong¹, W. Piao¹, C. Brinkman¹, L. Li¹, J. Kulinski², A. Olivera², A. Cartier³, T. Hla³, K. Hippen⁴, B. Blazar⁴, S. Schwab⁵
¹Surgery, UMB, Baltimore, MD, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Boston Children's hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴U.Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵NYU, NY, NY
*Purpose: Lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) highly expres S1PR1 and S1PR2. The ligand S1P is produced by LEC and regulates T cell migration. The mechanisms of…