Impaired thymic negative selection causes autoimmune graft-versus-host disease
Teshima T, Reddy P, Liu C, Williams D, Cooke K, Ferrara J. Impaired thymic negative selection causes autoimmune graft-versus-host disease. Blood 2003, 102: 429-435. PMID: 12663438, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-01-0266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesBone Marrow TransplantationCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedClonal DeletionDendritic CellsEpithelial CellsFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1MiceMice, Inbred C57BLRadiation ChimeraRadiation ToleranceSelf ToleranceSkinSpleenThymectomyThymus GlandT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaVisceraConceptsThymic negative selectionSystemic autoimmune diseaseAntigen-presenting cellsAutoimmune diseasesHost diseaseT cellsAutoreactive T cell repertoireClass IIThymic antigen-presenting cellsMajor histocompatibility complex class IIHistocompatibility complex class IIImpaired negative selectionLethal autoimmune diseaseBone marrow chimerasPeripheral regulatory mechanismsT cell repertoireMHC class IIMHC class INegative selectionAcute graftAcute GVHDAutoimmune graftPeripheral CD4Adoptive transferNaive mice