antibodies;
B cell;
T cell;
transplantation;
CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT-REJECTION;
ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS;
T-CELLS;
IN-VIVO;
MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY;
ACCOMMODATION;
LYMPHOCYTES;
MEMORY;
XENOTRANSPLANTATION;
RITUXIMAB;
D O I:
10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00816.x
中图分类号:
R61 [外科手术学];
学科分类号:
100210 [外科学];
摘要:
How B cells affect the outcome of transplants is a question of enduring interest. Initial efforts to answer that question suggested, wrongly, that B cells have no impact on transplantation. Now, however, B cells are known to influence not only the outcome of vascularized grafts through the production of anti-donor antibodies but also the competence of cellular immunity through a number of physiologic functions. In this study, we explain why the importance of B cells was overlooked in the past and consider the range of noncognate functions of B cells that may determine the outcome of transplants.