2012
CD24-Siglec-G Interaction Plays an Important in Reducing Experimental Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD)
Toubai T, Evers R, Sun Y, Tawara I, Liu C, Tamaki H, Mathewson N, Nieves E, Bassetti M, Zheng P, Liu Y, Reddy P. CD24-Siglec-G Interaction Plays an Important in Reducing Experimental Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD). Blood 2012, 120: 453. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v120.21.453.453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHost antigen presenting cellsAntigen presenting cellsBALB/c donorsT cellsWT B6Allogeneic BMTImmunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifWorse survivalSerum levelsImmune activationBM chimerasDonor T cell expansionAllogeneic T-cell responsesT cell responsesBALB/c T cellsPro-inflammatory cytokinesT cell expansionRelevant murine modelRole of SiglecsC donorsIg-like lectinsIntensity of conditioningGraft-VersusGVHD mortalityHigher GVHD
2009
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunopathogenesis: Clinical Evidence for Global T Cell Defects and an Immunomodulatory Role for Soluble CD25 (sCD25)
Cabrera R, Ararat M, Cao M, Xu Y, Wasserfall C, Atkinson M, Liu C, Nelson D. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immunopathogenesis: Clinical Evidence for Global T Cell Defects and an Immunomodulatory Role for Soluble CD25 (sCD25). Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2009, 55: 484-495. PMID: 19714465, PMCID: PMC3161029, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0955-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell responsesHCC patientsHepatocellular carcinomaCell responsesTumor burdenImpaired T cell responsesLower IFN-γ productionEffector T cell responsesIL-2 receptor alpha chainATP production assaysLevels of sCD25Tolerogenic tumor environmentIFN-γ ELISPOTEffector T cellsT cell immunityT cell reactivityIFN-γ productionIL-2 supplementationT cell defectsDose-dependent mannerReceptor alpha chainIL-2 signalingSerum sCD25Soluble CD25Worse survival