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ArticleCellular & molecular immunology2013

TLR4 inactivation protects from graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Yi Zhao, Qiuyan Liu, Li Yang, Donghua He, Lijuan Wang, Jun Tian, Yi Li, Fuming Zi, Hanying Bao, Yang Yang and 4 more

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Article in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yi ZhaoDepartment of Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Qiuyan Liu
Li Yang
Donghua He
Lijuan Wang
Jun Tian
Yi Li
Fuming Zi
Hanying Bao
Yang Yang
Yuanyuan Zheng
Jimin Shi
Xingkui Xue
Zhen Cai
First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNZhejiang University · CNSecond Military Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the most common complication after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. To clarify the role of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), which is a major receptor for bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS), in the development of acute GVHD, we used a TLR4-knockout (TLR4(-/-)) mouse GVHD model and analyzed the underlying immunological mechanisms. When TLR4(-/-) mice were used as bone marrow and splenocyte cell graft donors or recipients, GVHD symptom occurrence and mortality were delayed compared to wild-type (TLR4(+/+)) mice. In addition, histopathological analyses revealed that in TLR4(-/-)→BALB/c chimeras, liver and small intestine tissue damage was reduced with minimal lymphocytic infiltration. In contrast to TLR4(+/+), TLR4(-/-) mice dendritic cells did not express CD80, CD86, CD40, MHC-II or IL-12 during LPS induction and remained in an immature state. Furthermore, the ability of TLR4(-/-) mice spleen dendritic cells to promote allogeneic T-cell proliferation and, in particular, T-helper cell 1 (Th1) development was obviously attenuated compared with TLR4(+/+) mice dendritic cells, and the levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and IL-10, Th2-cell specific cytokines, were significantly higher in the serum of TLR4(-/-)→BALB/c than in TLR4(+/+)→BALB/c chimeric mice. Overall, our data revealed that TLR4 may play a role in the pathogenesis of GVHD and that targeted TLR4 gene therapy might provide a new treatment approach to reduce the risk of GVHD.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsBone Marrow TransplantationGraft vs Host DiseaseMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutSpleenToll-Like Receptor 4Transplantation, HomologousTlr4 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 4

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PMID23262974
PMCPMC4003043
OpenAlexW2015617985

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