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SUBMITTER: Bolinger B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3403502 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bolinger Beatrice B Krebs Philippe P Tian Yinghua Y Engeler Daniel D Scandella Elke E Miller Simone S Palmer Douglas C DC Restifo Nicholas P NP Clavien Pierre-Alain PA Ludewig Burkhard B
Blood 20080114 9
Endothelial cells (ECs) presenting minor histocompatibility antigen (mhAg) are major target cells for alloreactive effector CD8(+) T cells during chronic transplant rejection and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The contribution of ECs to T-cell activation, however, is still a controversial issue. In this study, we have assessed the antigen-presenting capacity of ECs in vivo using a transgenic mouse model with beta-galactosidase (beta-gal) expression confined to the vascular endothelium (Tie2-L ...[more]