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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
The induction of specific tolerance would be the ultimate achievement in transplant immunology, but the precise mechanisms of immunologic tolerance remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated global gene expression analysis in tolerizing murine cardiac allografts by means of oligonucleotide microarrays. Tolerance induction was achieved in cardiac allografts from BALB/c to C57BL/6 mice by daily intraperitoneal injection of anti-CD80 and anti-CD86 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Comparative analysis revealed 64 genes to be induced more extensively in the tolerizing than in the syngeneic isografts, and 16 genes than in the rejecting allografts. Two genes were specifically upregulated in the tolerizing allografts. In the tolerizing allografts there were induced marked expressions of a number of genes for pro-inflammatory factors, including interferon-gamma-inducible cytokines and chemokines, as well as apoptosis-related genes, which were also upregulated in the rejecting allografts. Moreover, these gene expression patterns continued to be upregulated more than 70 days posttransplant. These results provide evidence that immunologic tolerance can be induced and maintained in the presence of prominent pro-inflammatory gene expression in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1531-2267
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
199-208
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Antigens, CD80, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Antigens, CD86, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Cluster Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Graft Rejection, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Heart Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Immune Tolerance, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12966135-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of gene expression profile in tolerizing murine cardiac allograft by costimulatory blockade.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic and Transplantation Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Validation Studies