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Are indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase producing human dendritic cells a tool for suppression of allogeneic T-cell responses?
Transplantation - 27 Feb 2007
Löb Stefan, Ebner Susanne, Wagner Silvia, Weinreich Jürgen, Schäfer Richard, Königsrainer Alfred
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BACKGROUND: Suppressive dendritic cells (DCs) are a promising tool for tolerance induction in transplantation. A human DCs subpopulation, which constitutively expresses indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), a molecule shown to prevent the rejection of fetus during pregnancy, has recently been described. This subset, characterized by nonadherence and CD123/CCR6 expression, exhibited sustained IDO production if...
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