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ArticleAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2022

The role of IL-6 in hyperlipidemia-induced accelerated rejection.

Linus Williams, Jessamyn Bagley, John Iacomini

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Article in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Linus WilliamsTufts University School of Medicine, The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jessamyn BagleyTufts University School of Medicine, The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
John IacominiTufts University School of Medicine, The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5226-5877
The Graduate Center, CUNY · US

Funding

Negative effects on organ transplant rejection and tolerance induced by dietR01AI116714 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI IACOMINI, JOHN J · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Alterations in virtual memory induced by hyperlipidemiaR21AI136022 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI IACOMINI, JOHN J · 2018 to 2019
$447k
Negative effects on organ transplant rejection and tolerance induced by dietR56AI116714 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI IACOMINI, JOHN J · 2015 to 2015
$413k
Th17 Cells in Transplant RejectionF30AI143006 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI WILLIAMS, LINUS · 2019 to 2022
$179k
NIAID NIH HHS F30 AI143006NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116714NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI136022NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI116714
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperlipidemia induces accelerated rejection of cardiac allografts and resistance to tolerance induction using costimulatory molecule blockade in mice due in part to anti-donor Th17 responses and reduced regulatory T cell function. Accelerated rejection in hyperlipidemic mice is also associated with increased serum levels of IL-6. Here, we examined the role of IL-6 in hyperlipidemia-induced accelerated rejection and resistance to tolerance. Genetic ablation of IL-6 prevented hyperlipidemia-induced accelerated cardiac allograft rejection. Using Th17-lineage fate tracking mice, we observed that IL-6 is required to promote the development of anti-donor Th17 lineage cells independently of antigen challenge. In contrast, the frequency of alloreactive T cells producing IL-2 or IFN-γ remained increased in hyperlipidemic IL-6-deficient mice. Ablation of IL-6 overcame hyperlipidemia-induced changes in Tregs, but was not sufficient to overcome resistance to costimulatory molecule blockade induced tolerance. We suggest that accelerated rejection in hyperlipidemic mice results from IL-6 driven anti-donor Th17 responses. While alterations in Tregs were overcome by ablation of IL-6, the reversal of hyperlipidemia-induced changes in Tregs was not sufficient to overcome increased Th1-type anti-donor T cell responses, suggesting that hyperlipidemia induced IL-6-independent effects on recipient immunity prevent tolerance induction.

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Heart TransplantationHyperlipidemiasAnimalsGraft RejectionInterleukin-6MiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLInterleukin-6animal models: murinebasic (laboratory) research/sciencecostimulationheart transplantation/cardiologyorgan transplantation in generalrejectiontolerance: costimulation blockadetranslational research/science

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PMCPMC8813896
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