1988
Effects of recombinant gamma-interferon on HLA-DR and DQ expression by skin cells in short-term organ culture.
Messadi DV, Pober JS, Murphy GF. Effects of recombinant gamma-interferon on HLA-DR and DQ expression by skin cells in short-term organ culture. Laboratory Investigation 1988, 58: 61-7. PMID: 3121914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term organ cultureHLA-DRLangerhans cellsOrgan cultureT6-positive Langerhans cellsClass II major histocompatibility antigensImmune interferonClass II major histocompatibility moleculesEpidermal dendritic cellsCutaneous immune responsesDendritic cell populationsHLA-DR expressionSkin microvascular endothelial cellsMajor histocompatibility antigensMicrovascular endothelial cellsSkin cellsNewborn human foreskinMajor histocompatibility moleculesDendritic cellsInflammatory mediatorsDQ expressionHLA-DQOrgan culture systemHistocompatibility antigensImmune response
1987
Induction of an activation antigen on postcapillary venular endothelium in human skin organ culture.
Messadi DV, Pober JS, Fiers W, Gimbrone MA, Murphy GF. Induction of an activation antigen on postcapillary venular endothelium in human skin organ culture. The Journal Of Immunology 1987, 139: 1557-62. PMID: 3497975, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.139.5.1557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor necrosis factorActivation antigensNecrosis factorInterleukin-1Microvascular endotheliumEndothelial cellsEndothelial activation antigenMediators interleukin-1Postcapillary venular endotheliumCultured human umbilical vein endothelial cellsSuperficial vascular plexusOrgan cultureHuman skin organ cultureShort-term organ cultureHuman umbilical vein endothelial cellsSkin organ cultureUmbilical vein endothelial cellsVenular endothelial cellsMicrovascular stainingPostcapillary venular endothelial cellsVein endothelial cellsEndogenous cytokinesLymphocyte traffickingInterleukin-2Venular endothelium