2017 American Transplant Congress
Increased Expression of Fibrillin-1 and Presence of Fibroblastic Reticular Cells in Treg-Rich Organized Lymphoid Structures (TOLS) of Accepted Kidney Allografts.
Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background: Fibrillin-1, found in connective tissue, plays a role in the sequestration of TGF-b, and is produced by fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs). It has been…2016 American Transplant Congress
Calcineurin Inhibitors Promote Metastasis in Post-Transplant Colorectal Cancer Through Cancer Related- Exosomes Released from Cancer Cells in TGF Beta Independent Epitheilal to Mesenquimal Transition.
Introduction: Cancer is one of the major causes of death in kidney transplantation. Despite more mortality in colon cancer (CRC), similar incidence than general population…2016 American Transplant Congress
Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 Antagonist, a Novel Pathway to Prevent Chronic Allograft Nephropathy.
Department of Urology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, China.
BackgroundChronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) remains a major problem for long term graft survival and different pathways participate in its development. CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4)…2016 American Transplant Congress
MiRNA-200b Inhibits Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in TGF-β1 Induced Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells.
Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
The role of TGF-β1 in mediating extracellular matrix remodeling during the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis has been well defined. Dysregulated expression of miRNA is increasingly…2016 American Transplant Congress
Mechanisms of Alloantigen-Specific Regulation After Donor Specific Transfusion and Costimulatory Blockade in YFP-Foxp3/TdTomRed-Ebi3 Marker Mice.
Background: In mice, donor specific transfusion (DST) plus anti-CD40L costimulatory blockade (MR-1) treatment is a standard and successful protocol to induced donor-specific transplant tolerance. Hypothesis:…2016 American Transplant Congress
TGFb in Regulatory B Cells-Dependent Tolerance.
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
In transplantation, increasing evidence support that B cells can play a major regulatory role in addition to their critical functions in allo-immunity and graft rejection.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Human Mutant TGF-β1/Fc Protein On Memory and Regulatory CD4+T Cells Following Lymphodepletion in Rhesus Monkeys
Background:Tolerance to allografts is essential to avoid chronic immunosuppression and to promote long term graft function. Transforming growth factor- β plays a key role in…2015 American Transplant Congress
MicroRNA (miR) 144 Dysregulates TGFβ Signaling Cascade and Contributes to Development of BOS Following Human Lung Transplantation
1Surgery, Washington Univ Sch Med, St. Louis, MO; 2Medicine, Washington Univ Sch Med, St. Louis, MO.
Background: Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS) is characterized by a fibroproliferative cascade that is not amenable to current treatment regimens and remains the major impediment for…