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Deficiency of CD73/ecto-5'-nucleotidase in mice enhances acute graft-versus-host disease.
Blood - 10 May 2012
Tsukamoto Hiroki, Chernogorova Petya, Ayata Korcan, Gerlach Ulrike V, Rughani Ankur, Ritchey Jerry W, Ganesan Jayanthi, Follo Marie, Zeiser Robert, Thompson Linda F, Idzko Marco
Abstract excerpt
Extracellular ATP and adenosine have immunoregulatory roles during inflammation. Elevated extracellular ATP is known to exacerbate GVHD, and the pharmacologic activation of the adenosine A2A receptor is protective. However, the role of endogenous adenosine is unknown. We used gene-targeted mice and a pharmacologic inhibitor to test the role of adenosine generated by CD73/ecto-5'-nucleotidase in GVHD. In...
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