2023
Graft-versus-host disease is locally maintained in target tissues by resident progenitor-like T cells
Sacirbegovic F, Günther M, Greco A, Zhao D, Wang X, Zhou M, Rosenberger S, Oberbarnscheidt M, Held W, McNiff J, Jain D, Höfer T, Shlomchik W. Graft-versus-host disease is locally maintained in target tissues by resident progenitor-like T cells. Immunity 2023, 56: 369-385.e6. PMID: 36720219, PMCID: PMC10182785, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost diseaseAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationHematopoietic stem cell transplantationChronic antigen stimulationStem cell transplantationAlloreactive effectorsAdoptive transferCell transplantationΑβ TAntigen stimulationCell exhaustionGVHDRecipient tissuesEffector poolMajor causeCell clonesTarget tissuesAffected tissuesDiseaseGraftTissueTCF-1CellsDiseased tissuesMorbidity
2001
Pathogenesis of autoimmunity in αβ T cell-deficient lupus-prone mice
Peng S, Cappadona J, Mcniff J, Madaio M, Owen M, Hayday A, Craft J. Pathogenesis of autoimmunity in αβ T cell-deficient lupus-prone mice. Clinical & Experimental Immunology 2001, 111: 107-116. PMID: 9472669, PMCID: PMC1904839, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00424.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell-dependent mechanismCell-dependent mechanismEnd-organ diseaseImmune complex depositionGammadelta T cellsRenal diseaseMurine lupusComplex depositionT cellsMRL miceSkin lesionsComplement fixationT-cell-deficient animalsEnd-organ damageLupus-prone miceNon-autoimmune micePathogenesis of autoimmunityYears of ageHumoral autoimmunityLupus lesionsAutoantibody productionSkin diseasesSkin injuryTCR alphaFas antigenSelective T-cell subset ablation demonstrates a role for T1 and T2 cells in ongoing acute graft-versus-host disease: a model system for the reversal of disease
Liu J, Anderson B, Robert M, McNiff J, Emerson S, Shlomchik W, Shlomchik M. Selective T-cell subset ablation demonstrates a role for T1 and T2 cells in ongoing acute graft-versus-host disease: a model system for the reversal of disease. Blood 2001, 98: 3367-3375. PMID: 11719376, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v98.12.3367.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DeathCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFlow CytometryGanciclovirGraft vs Host DiseaseGraft vs Leukemia EffectHematopoiesisHematopoietic Stem CellsInterleukin-2Interleukin-4Lymphocyte SubsetsMaleMiceMice, TransgenicPromoter Regions, GeneticSimplexvirusSpleenT-LymphocytesThymidine KinaseThymus GlandWeight GainConceptsDonor T cellsT cellsT2 cellsGVHD reactionsHost diseaseInterleukin-2Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene transductionAllogeneic stem cell transplantationCytokine-producing T cellsPrevention of GVHDStem cell transplantationReversal of diseaseT cell deletionLater time pointsAcute graftCytokine polarizationOngoing GVHDClinical GVHDAntibody infusionPeak diseaseClinical effectsCell transplantationIL-4 promoterGVHDDeficient miceDeficiency in β2-Microglobulin, But Not CD1, Accelerates Spontaneous Lupus Skin Disease While Inhibiting Nephritis in MRL-Faslpr Mice: An Example of Disease Regulation at the Organ Level
Chan O, Paliwal V, McNiff J, Park S, Bendelac A, Shlomchik M. Deficiency in β2-Microglobulin, But Not CD1, Accelerates Spontaneous Lupus Skin Disease While Inhibiting Nephritis in MRL-Faslpr Mice: An Example of Disease Regulation at the Organ Level. The Journal Of Immunology 2001, 167: 2985-2990. PMID: 11509649, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.5.2985.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin diseasesT cell-dependent mechanismMRL/lpr miceLupus skin diseaseLupus skin lesionsMRL-Faslpr miceNonclassical MHC moleculesTarget organ diseaseCell-dependent mechanismTarget organ levelRegulation of autoimmunitySecondary lymphoid tissuesAutoreactive lymphocytesMurine lupusLpr miceSystemic diseaseAutoimmune diseasesLymphoid tissueOrgan diseaseDeficient miceT cellsSkin lesionsEnd organsOrgan levelImmune system
2000
Human TNF Can Induce Nonspecific Inflammatory and Human Immune-Mediated Microvascular Injury of Pig Skin Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mouse Hosts
Kirkiles-Smith N, Tereb D, Kim R, McNiff J, Schechner J, Lorber M, Pober J, Tellides G. Human TNF Can Induce Nonspecific Inflammatory and Human Immune-Mediated Microvascular Injury of Pig Skin Xenografts in Immunodeficient Mouse Hosts. The Journal Of Immunology 2000, 164: 6601-6609. PMID: 10843720, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.12.6601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAdultAnimalsCell Adhesion MoleculesDose-Response Relationship, ImmunologicDrug SynergismEndothelium, VascularGraft RejectionHistocompatibility AntigensHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, SCIDMicrocirculationSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencySkin TransplantationSwineT-LymphocytesTransplantation, HeterologousTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaUp-RegulationConceptsHuman T-cell infiltrationPig skin xenograftsT cell infiltrationSkin xenograftsCell infiltrationHuman TNFIFN-gammaE-selectinT cell-mediated rejectionEndothelial cellsAdhesion moleculesCytokine-mediated injuryNonspecific inflammatory damagePig skin graftsCell-mediated rejectionAppropriate therapeutic targetsImmunodeficient mouse modelPorcine E-selectinEndothelial adhesion moleculesPorcine IFN-gammaClass II moleculesHuman skin allograftsMHC class IPorcine endothelial cellsImmunodeficient mouse hostsHumanized In Vivo Model for Streptococcal Impetigo
Scaramuzzino D, McNiff J, Bessen D. Humanized In Vivo Model for Streptococcal Impetigo. Infection And Immunity 2000, 68: 2880-2887. PMID: 10768985, PMCID: PMC97500, DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.5.2880-2887.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStreptococcal impetigoVivo modelPattern AGross pathology scoresD strainsHuman neonatal foreskinEmm pattern ASevere infectionsEpidemiological findingsPathology scoresPurulent exudateSCID micePolymorphonuclear leukocytesPositive cocciNeonatal foreskinImpetigoC strainDays postinoculationMouse originVirulent strainGranular keratinocytesIntact epidermisStratum corneumCocciEpidermis
1999
Prevention of Graft Versus Host Disease by Inactivation of Host Antigen-Presenting Cells
Shlomchik W, Couzens M, Tang C, McNiff J, Robert M, Liu J, Shlomchik M, Emerson S. Prevention of Graft Versus Host Disease by Inactivation of Host Antigen-Presenting Cells. Science 1999, 285: 412-415. PMID: 10411505, DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5426.412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntigen-presenting cellsAllogeneic bone marrow transplantationBone marrow transplantationHost diseaseMarrow transplantationT cellsMurine allogeneic bone marrow transplantation modelAllogeneic bone marrow transplantation modelHost-derived antigen-presenting cellsGraft Versus Host DiseaseHost antigen-presenting cellsDonor antigen-presenting cellsVersus Host DiseaseDonor T cellsAllogeneic T cellsBone marrow transplantation modelAlloimmune attackHost antigensTransplantation modelImportant toxicityNeoplastic diseaseDiseaseGraftTransplantationHost tissuesExtracorporeal photochemotherapy in human and murine graft-versus-host disease
Girardi M, McNiff J, Heald P. Extracorporeal photochemotherapy in human and murine graft-versus-host disease. Journal Of Dermatological Science 1999, 19: 106-113. PMID: 10098701, DOI: 10.1016/s0923-1811(98)00066-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Dermal Microvascular Injury in the Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Reconstituted-Severe Combined Immunodeficient (HuPBL-SCID) Mouse/Skin Allograft Model Is T Cell Mediated and Inhibited by a Combination of Cyclosporine and Rapamycin
Murray A, Schechner J, Epperson D, Sultan P, McNiff J, Hughes C, Lorber M, Askenase P, Pober J. Dermal Microvascular Injury in the Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Reconstituted-Severe Combined Immunodeficient (HuPBL-SCID) Mouse/Skin Allograft Model Is T Cell Mediated and Inhibited by a Combination of Cyclosporine and Rapamycin. American Journal Of Pathology 1998, 153: 627-638. PMID: 9708821, PMCID: PMC1852982, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65604-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsB-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCyclosporineDrug Therapy, CombinationEndothelium, VascularEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFlow CytometryGenes, MHC Class IIGraft RejectionHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsKeratinocytesMiceMice, SCIDMicrocirculationPolyenesSirolimusSkinSkin TransplantationT-LymphocytesTransplantation, HomologousVascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1ConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsSkin allograft modelMicrovascular injuryT cellsCell infiltrateAllograft modelWhole peripheral blood mononuclear cellsT cell-dependent mechanismT cell-mediated rejectionHuman natural killer cellsSCID/beige miceEndothelial cell sloughingT Cell-MediatedCell-mediated rejectionCombination of cyclosporineT-cell infiltratesCell-dependent mechanismMononuclear cell infiltrateNatural killer cellsMononuclear cell infiltrationBlood mononuclear cellsSkin graft modelHuman immune responseImmunoglobulin G antibodies
1997
Pig but not human interferon-γ initiates human cell-mediated rejection of pig tissue in vivo
Sultan P, Murray A, McNiff J, Lorber M, Askenase P, Bothwell A, Pober J. Pig but not human interferon-γ initiates human cell-mediated rejection of pig tissue in vivo. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 8767-8772. PMID: 9238052, PMCID: PMC23121, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.16.8767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsPig skin graftsCell-mediated rejectionBlood mononuclear cellsIFN-gammaMononuclear cellsSkin graftsDermal microvesselsMajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule expressionT cell-mediated rejectionPerivascular mononuclear cell infiltratesClass II major histocompatibility complex moleculesMononuclear cell infiltrateMajor histocompatibility complex moleculesTumor necrosis factorEvidence of injuryHistocompatibility complex moleculesPig endothelial cellsCell infiltrateIntradermal injectionMolecule expressionSparse infiltrateIntraperitoneal inoculationMouse microvesselsAn Unexpected Spectrum of p53 Mutations from Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Psoriasis Patients Treated with PUVA
Wang X, McNiff J, Klump V, Asgari M, Gasparro F. An Unexpected Spectrum of p53 Mutations from Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Psoriasis Patients Treated with PUVA. Photochemistry And Photobiology 1997, 66: 294-299. PMID: 9277151, DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08658.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaCell carcinomaP53 mutationsTreatment of psoriasisType mutationsP53 tumor suppressor genePUVA patientsPsoriasis patientsUVB phototherapyImmune suppressionTherapeutic historyNormal controlsPatientsTumor progressionUVB exposureTumor suppressor geneCarcinomaSingle-strand conformational polymorphismLong-wavelength ultraviolet radiationHuman cancersPUVAPsoriasisSkin cellsPhotochemotherapyDipyrimidine sitesBlockade of CD2-LFA-3 interactions protects human skin allografts in immunodeficient mouse/human chimeras
Sultan P, Schechner J, McNiff J, Hochman P, Hughes C, Lorber M, Askenase P, Pober J. Blockade of CD2-LFA-3 interactions protects human skin allografts in immunodeficient mouse/human chimeras. Nature Biotechnology 1997, 15: 759-762. PMID: 9255790, DOI: 10.1038/nbt0897-759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin graftsLFA-3Human T-cell infiltrationIsotype-matched control antibodyT cell infiltrationSkin graft rejectionHuman skin graftsHuman skin allograftsCD2-LFA-3 interactionHuman LFA-3Microvascular injuryGraft rejectionLeukocyte infiltrationSkin allograftsImmune modulatorsControl antibodyInjury modelImmunodeficient miceImmune reactionsMouse/human chimeraMurine mAbsCD2 interactionPrincipal ligandGraftInjury