2015 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Myelomonocytic Cells With Activated Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Alleviate Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mouse Heart Allografts
Aim: To investigate the effect of HIF-1α and -2α activation in myelomonocytic cells during the early phase after ischemia-reperfusion (IRI) injury of mouse allogenic heart…2015 American Transplant Congress
Rejection of an Allograft Through Non-MHC Antigens Does Not Translate to the Rejection of a Different Allograft from the Same Donor in Mixed Chimeras
We previously showed that tolerance, induced by mixed chimerism in mice, is antigen-specific: tolerance of heart and skin allografts is dependent on Foxp3+ cells that…2015 American Transplant Congress
TIM-4 Identifies IL-17 Expressing Pro-Inflammatory Be-17 Cells That Promote Allograft Rejection
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
We identified TIM-1 as an inclusive marker for IL-10+ regulatory B cells (TIM-1+ Bregs), which prolong islet allograft survival (GS). We recently found that TIM-4,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Interim Results of a Phase 1 Trial of Treg Adoptive Cell Transfer (TRACT) in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
Therapeutic cell transfer using regulatory T cells (Tregs) in transplant recipients may reduce the need for drug based immunosuppression (IS) and improve long term graft…2015 American Transplant Congress
CD8+TCR– Bone Marrow Facilitating Cells Prime Migration and Enhance Homing of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells
We recently reported the induction of chimerism and tolerance to renal allografts without GVHD or engraftment syndrome in HLA-mismatched living donor renal transplant recipients through…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Humanized Mouse Model for the Study of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Tissue Transplantation Tolerance and Function
Surgery/Transplant Division, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) hold great promise for regenerative medicine therapies, theoretically allowing for the creation of autologous replacement tissues devoid of many…2015 American Transplant Congress
Hepatocyte-Related miR-193a-3p Is Over-Expressed in Allograft Biopsy from Liver Tolerant Recipients
While liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage liver diseases, its success is compromised by the need to administer life-long immunosuppression, which negatively…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Spleen Is the Primary Site for Breg Induction and Is Required for Anti-TIM-1 Mediated Tolerance
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
B cells can exhibit potent IL-10-dependent regulatory (Breg) activity. IL-10-enriched Bregs can transfer tolerance in auto and allo-immune models. We showed that TIM-1 is an…2015 American Transplant Congress
Single Infusion of Donor-Type Splenocytes Treated With Extracorporeal Photopheresis Prior to Transplantation Significantly Prolongs Cardiac Allograft Survival in Mice
Background: Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) is an immune therapy in which blood leukocytes are treated with 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP), exposed to UV-A light, and re-infused. This study…2015 American Transplant Congress
T Cell Transfer With iNKT Cell Activation Facilitate Engraftment of Bone Marrow Cells Without GvHD
Contamination of allogenic T cells is considered to be a risk factor of graft versus host disease (GvHD) in bone marrow transplantation (BMT), whereas it…
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