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Chemotaxis overrides the killing response in alloreactive CTLs, providing vascular immune privilege during cellular rejection
22 May 2025
Abstract excerpt
Graft endothelial cells (ECs) express donor alloantigens and encounter cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) but are generally spared during T cell-mediated rejection (TCMR), which predominantly affects epithelial structures. The mechanisms underlying this vascular immune privilege are unclear. Transcriptomics analyses and endothelial-mesenchymal transition assessments confirmed that the graft endothelium was preserved...
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