2005
A crucial role for antigen-presenting cells and alloantigen expression in graft-versus-leukemia responses
Reddy P, Maeda Y, Liu C, Krijanovski O, Korngold R, Ferrara J. A crucial role for antigen-presenting cells and alloantigen expression in graft-versus-leukemia responses. Nature Medicine 2005, 11: 1244-1249. PMID: 16227991, DOI: 10.1038/nm1309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone marrow transplantationAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationGVL responseLeukemia responseAlloantigen expressionInduction of graftAntigen-presenting cellsHost diseaseSerious complicationsDonor APCsMarrow transplantationTumor burdenTumor modelGraftAPCHost originPotent formResponseImmunotherapyCellsComplicationsTransplantationAcuityExpressionTumors
2002
Pretreatment of donors with interleukin-18 attenuates acute graft-versus-host disease via STAT6 and preserves graft-versus-leukemia effects
Reddy P, Teshima T, Hildebrandt G, Williams D, Liu C, Cooke K, Ferrara J. Pretreatment of donors with interleukin-18 attenuates acute graft-versus-host disease via STAT6 and preserves graft-versus-leukemia effects. Blood 2002, 101: 2877-2885. PMID: 12433681, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-08-2566.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAnimalsBone Marrow TransplantationFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseGraft vs Leukemia EffectHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-18Leukemia, ExperimentalMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLSTAT6 Transcription FactorSurvival RateT-LymphocytesTissue DonorsTrans-ActivatorsTransplantation, HomologousConceptsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationBone marrow transplantationPretreatment of donorsIL-18Acute GVHDAcute graftHost diseaseLeukemia effectTransplant donorsCytotoxic T lymphocyte activityAcute GVHD mortalityIL-18 pretreatmentDonor T cellsT lymphocyte activityBM transplant recipientsIL-4 secretionSTAT6-dependent mechanismIL-18 treatmentGVHD mortalityGVL effectPreserves graftTransplant recipientsInterleukin-18Marrow transplantationBM donors