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Mycophenolic acid impedes the antigen presenting and lymph node homing capacities of human blood myeloid dendritic cells.
Transplantation - 27 Aug 2009
Cicinnati Vito R, Hou Jing, Lindemann Monika, Horn Peter A, Sotiropoulos Georgios C, Paul Andreas, Gerken Guido, Beckebaum Susanne
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mycophenolic acid (MPA) is the pharmacologically active compound of the immunosuppressive drug mycophenolate mofetil. Dendritic cells (DC) are the key to initiating and priming the adaptive immune response leading to allograft rejection. We investigated the effects of MPA on human blood myeloid DC (MDC) homeostasis with a particular emphasis on their trafficking properties. METHODS: Isolated...
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