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TGF-beta treatment modulates PD-L1 and CD40 expression in proximal renal tubular epithelial cells and enhances CD8 cytotoxic T-cell responses.
Nephron. Experimental nephrology - 1 Jan 2007
Starke Astrid, Wüthrich Rudolf P, Waeckerle-Men Ying
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BACKGROUND/AIM: TGF-beta expression is increased in immune-mediated and fibrotic renal diseases and modulates the tubulointerstitial T-cell response. We examined whether TGF-beta changes the expression of PD-L1 and CD40 in the renal proximal tubular epithelial cell (TEC), and whether the activation of CD8(+) cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) is influenced by TGF-beta treatment of TECs. METHODS: Murine TECs were treated...
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