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Blockade of LIGHT/HVEM and B7/CD28 signaling facilitates long-term islet graft survival with development of allospecific tolerance.
Transplantation - 27 Sept 2007
Fan Kexing, Wang Hao, Wei Huafeng, Zhou Qian, Kou Geng, Hou Sheng, Qian Weizhu, Dai Jianxin, Li Bohua, Zhang Yanyun, Zhu Tongyu, Guo Yajun
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that blockade of LIGHT, a T-cell costimulatory molecule belonging to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily, by soluble lymphotoxin beta receptor-Ig (LTbetaR-Ig) inhibited the development of graft-versus-host disease. The cardiac allografts were significantly prolonged in LIGHT deficient mice. No data are yet available regarding the role of the LIGHT/HVEM pathway in...
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