2018 American Transplant Congress
IL-10 Requirement in In Vitro Expanded Breg-Mediated Allograft Tolerance is Tissue Specific
Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Introduction:Regulatory B cells (Bregs) have shown several multiple mechanisms of suppression, including Treg induction and IL-10 production. Consistent with work of other groups on Breg…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Role of pDCs in Formation of Treg-Rich Organized Lymphoid Structures in Spontaneously Accepted Murine Kidney Allografts is Dependent on Mismatching of MHC Class II Molecules at the H2-I-Ab Locus
Introduction: Our lab has demonstrated that murine kidney allografts are spontaneously accepted in specific donor-recipient strain combinations. Histologic examination of spontaneously accepted DBA/2J (DBA) kidneys…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hsp70 Inhibitor Could Induce Transplant Tolerance through mTORC2/Akt Pathway
Hsp70, a highly conserved protein, has been shown to induce strong immune responses and to reduce inflammation. However, its mechanism is not clear, especially in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Immunomonitoring of Operational Tolerance in Intestinal Transplantation
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
A. The purpose of this study is to immunocharacterize the first reported case of intestinal transplant (ITx) operational tolerance, in parallel with a stable ITx…2018 American Transplant Congress
Central Role of Mef2 Transcription Factors in Regulation of Foxp3 Expression and Treg Function
1CHOP, Philadelphia; 2UPenn, Philadelphia.
Foxp3+ Tregs express 4 class IIa Hdac enzymes (Hdac4, 5, 7 & 9) with little or no catalytic activity and yet when deleted, at least…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Phase-I Clinical Trial of Donor-Derived MIC Cell Infusion for the Induction of Donor-Specific Hyporesponsiveness after Living Donor Kidney Transplantation (TOL-1 Study)
MIC cells are donor-derived monocytes that gain immunosuppressive properties after incubation with the proliferation inhibitor mitomycin C.PBMCs were harvested from living donors by leukapheresis and…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Conditioning Approach to Establish Chimerism Using Manipulation of JAK-STAT Pathways
Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
Hematopoietic chimerism establishes donor-specific tolerance to solid organ allografts. Targeting recipient immune cells (T, NK cells and macrophages) can effectively reduce the dose of total…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long Noncoding RNA NEAT1 Induces Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells in Heart Transplantation
Purpose: Tolerogenic dendritic cells have been gaining interest as an efficient means of promoting antigen-specific tolerance in organ transplantation. Long noncoding RNA NEAT1 plays an…2018 American Transplant Congress
The LncRNA MALAT1 Induces Tolerogenic DCs and Antigen Specific Tregs Subsequently Mediating Cardiac Allograft Tolerance in Mice via MiR-155/DC-SIGN/IL10 Axis
Background: Tolerogenic dendritic cells(DCs) by shaping T cells immunity and inducing Tregs play critical roles in the induction of allograft tolerance in transplantation. Long noncoding…2018 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus-Based Maintenance Immunosuppression Decreases the Number of Peripheral Blood Transitional B Cells in Nonhuman Primates
Center for Transplantation Sciences, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA.
IntroductionElevated frequencies of transitional B cells have been reported in patients tolerant of renal allografts, as defined by stable graft function after withdrawal of immunosuppression…
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