The axis of interleukin 12 and gamma interferon regulates acute vascular xenogeneic rejection

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Wang, H
DeVries, ME
Deng, SP
Khandaker, MH
Pickering, JG
Chow, LH
Garcia, B
Kelvin, DJ
Zhong, R
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[1] London Hlth Sci Ctr, Multi Organ Transplant Program, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada
[2] John P Robarts Res Inst, Expt Transplantat Surg Lab, London, ON N6G 2V4, Canada
[3] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
[4] John P Robarts Res Inst, Lab Mol Immunol & Inflammat, London, ON N6G 2V4, Canada
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10.1038/75029
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Recent advances using transgenic animals or exogenous complement inhibitors have demonstrated prevention of hyperacute rejection of vascularized organs, but not graft loss due to acute vascular rejection. Using various wild-type and cytokine-deficient mice strains, we have examined the mechanisms of acute vascular rejection. C57BL/6 mice deficient in interleukin12 or gamma interferon showed faster acute vascular rejection than did wild-type mice. Furthermore, mice defective in B-cell development showed no acute vascular rejection. These results demonstrate that the axis of interleukin 12 and gamma interferon provides a survival advantage in vascularized xenografts by delaying or preventing acute vascular rejection caused by a B cell-dependent mechanism.
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