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Presence of HLA-Class I specific T suppressor (Ts) cells in kidney allograft recipients.
Volume 54,Supplemento 1, July/August 2001, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT RECIPIENTS DEVELOP HLA-CLASS I SPECIFIC T SUPPRESSOR CELLS
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ORGAN ALLOGRAFT RECIPIENTS DEVELOP HLA CLASS I-SPECIFIC T SUPPRESSOR CELLS
ALTHOUGH THE mechanism of organ allograft rejection
has been extensively studied, little is currently
known about the regulatory T cells that can maintain the
state of quiescence. Recent evidence indicates that T
suppressor cells (Ts) can be generated in vitro by multiple
allostimulation of CD81CD282 T cells with allogeneic
APC. Ts were shown to recognize HLA class I alloantigens
on target APC and inhibit their ability to provide costimulatory
signals to Th, blocking transcription of CD80, CD86,
and CD40 molecules. We have explored the possibility that
allospecific CD81CD282 Ts down-regulate the immune
response against the graft.1–