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SUBMITTER: Laws LH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5334788 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Laws L H LH Parker C E CE Cherala G G Koguchi Y Y Waisman A A Slifka M K MK Oberbarnscheidt M H MH Obhrai J S JS Yeung M Y MY Riella L V LV
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20160712 11
B cells play a central role in antibody-mediated rejection and certain autoimmune diseases. However, B cell-targeted therapy such as anti-CD20 B cell-depleting antibody (aCD20) has yielded mixed results in improving outcomes. In this study, we investigated whether an accelerated B cell reconstitution leading to aCD20 depletion resistance could account for these discrepancies. Using a transplantation model, we found that antigen-independent inflammation, likely through toll-like receptor (TLR) si ...[more]