2010
Recipient B Cells Are Not Required for Graft-Versus-Host Disease Induction
Matte-Martone C, Wang X, Anderson B, Jain D, Demetris AJ, McNiff J, Shlomchik MJ, Shlomchik WD. Recipient B Cells Are Not Required for Graft-Versus-Host Disease Induction. Transplantation And Cellular Therapy 2010, 16: 1222-1230. PMID: 20338255, PMCID: PMC3135976, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.03.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecipient B cellsAntigen presenting cellsB cellsAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationB cell-deficient recipientsImportant antigen presenting cellsRecipient antigen presenting cellsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationHematopoietic stem cell transplantationCD8-mediated GVHDHost disease inductionB-cell depletionAntibody-mediated depletionHost B cellsCD20 monoclonal antibodyStem cell transplantationT cell responsesBone marrow transplantationGraft-VersusAPC subsetsHost diseaseMarrow transplantationCell depletionCell transplantationPresenting cells
2005
CD8+ but Not CD4+ T Cells Require Cognate Interactions with Target Tissues To Mediate GVHD across Only Minor H Antigens but CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells Both Require Direct Leukemic Contact for GVL.
Shlomchik W, Matte C, Liu J, Jain D, McNiff J. CD8+ but Not CD4+ T Cells Require Cognate Interactions with Target Tissues To Mediate GVHD across Only Minor H Antigens but CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells Both Require Direct Leukemic Contact for GVL. Blood 2005, 106: 580. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v106.11.580.580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCD8-mediated GVHDDirect cognate interactionT cellsSecond transplantCD4 cellsCD8 cellsHost antigensCognate interactionMHCII expressionBone marrowDonor CD4 cellsDonor-derived APCsT-cell releaseTarget tissuesAlloreactive T cellsBone marrow chimerasMinor H antigensCognate T cellsChimeric recipientsDonor BMGVHD lethalityHistologic GVHDHost APCsLess GVHDLeukemic expression