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Graded function of CD80 and CD86 in initiation of T-cell immune response and cardiac allograft survival.
Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Feb 2008
Xiang Jianbin, Gu Xiaodong, Qian Shiguang, Chen Zongyou
Abstract excerpt
CD28 and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4), which have opposing functions in T-cell responses, share the two ligands, CD80 (B7-1) and CD86 (B7-2). To understand the functions of CD80 and CD86, respectively, CD80(low) dendritic cells (DCs) and CD86(low) DCs were prepared by using RNA interference. Then CD80 and CD86 functions were analysed by in vitro mixed lymphocyte reaction and cytokine production...
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