scholarly journals Role of Matricellular Proteins in Cardiac Allograft Fibrosis

10.5772/28668 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Frerker ◽  
Monika Kasprzycka ◽  
Bjrg Mikalsen ◽  
Pl Dag ◽  
Helge Scott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Allograft ◽  
Matricellular Proteins

Role of Nitric Oxide and Superoxide in Acute Cardiac Allograft Rejection in Rats

2000 ◽  
Vol 225 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiji Akizuki ◽  
Takaaki Akaike ◽  
Sinichirou Okamoto ◽  
Shigemoto Fujii ◽  
Yasuo Yamaguchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Allograft Rejection ◽  
Cardiac Allograft ◽  
Cardiac Allograft Rejection

scholarly journals Comparative strategies to induce long-term graft acceptance in fully allogeneic renal versus cardiac allograft models by CD28-B7 T cell costimulatory blockade: role of thymus and spleen.

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 891-898
Author(s):  
M Schaub ◽  
T H Stadlbauer ◽  
A Chandraker ◽  
J P Vella ◽  
L A Turka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Species Differences ◽  
Single Injection ◽  
Maintenance Phase ◽  
Cardiac Allograft ◽  
Costimulatory Blockade ◽  
Histocompatibility Complex ◽  
Donor Cells

Blocking CD28-B7 T cell costimulatory activation by the fusion protein CTLA4Ig prevents rejection and induces long-term graft acceptance in various experimental transplant models. There are reported differences in the efficacy of CTLA4Ig in renal and cardiac rodent allograft models, but it is not clear whether these are due to the strain or species differences investigated in the different studies reported. This study investigates the effect of blocking CD28-B7 T cell costimulation with murine CTLA4Ig in rat models of acute renal and cardiac allograft rejection models, using the same complete major histocompatibility complex-incompatible strain combination. A single injection of murine CTLA4Ig 2 d after engraftment was able to induce long-term graft acceptance (> 100 d) in 54% of Lewis rat recipients of Wistar-Furth kidneys. Transferring this protocol into the acute Wistar-Furth to Lewis heart allograft model resulted in a mean graft survival time of 24.7+/-16.9 d, and all grafts were ultimately rejected. Only concomitant injection of donor cells (4 x 10(7) splenocytes) plus a single injection of CTLA4Ig on the day of transplant could induce long-term graft acceptance in 50% of animals. In both the cardiac and renal transplant models, the thymus and spleen were required for induction of tolerance. The maintenance phase of tolerance, however, did not require an intact thymus but did require the presence of a spleen. These data have important clinical applicability because human studies with T cell costimulatory blockade are being planned.

The role of matricellular proteins and tissue stiffness in breast cancer: a systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 1601-1627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sirio Fiorino ◽  
Salomone Di Saverio ◽  
Paolo Leandri ◽  
Andrea Tura ◽  
Chiara Birtolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Tissue Stiffness ◽  
Matricellular Proteins
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