Murine renal allografts: Spontaneous acceptance is associated with regulated T cell-mediated immunity
Murine renal allografts: Spontaneous acceptance is associated with regulated T cell-mediated immunity
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.167.9.4821
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发表时间:
2001-11-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Orosz, CG
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作者:
Bickerstaff, AA;Wang, JJ;Orosz, CG
It was shown > 20 yr ago that mice will spontaneously accept renal allografts in the absence of immunosuppression, but the mechanism responsible for this Is not understood. We transplanted DBA/2 (H-2(d)) kidneys into nephrectomized C57BL/6 (H-2(b)) mice, and the allografts were spontaneously accepted for > 60 days without immunosuppression. In contrast, nonimmunosuppressed cardiac and skin allografts in the same strain combination are rejected within approximately 10 days. The accepted renal allografts have a prominent leukocytic infiltrate, suggesting an ongoing, local immune response. At 60 days post-transplant, the recipients of accepted renal allografts display DBA/2-reactive alloantibodies. They also display DBA/2-reactive delayed-type hypersensitivity responses that are actively counter-regulated by DBA/2-induced TGF-beta production, but not by IL-10 production. These data suggest that a donor-reactive, cell-mediated immune mechanism involving TGF-beta is associated with the spontaneous acceptance of renal allografts In mice.