Background. Rejection is the most significant problem in the field of transplantation. The current goal of transplant immunology is to develop better immunotherapeutic protocols that are aimed at specifically suppressing alloreactivity and preserving an otherwise intact immune system. We have previously shown that mice will accept renal allografts indefinitely with normal renal function after two injections of a monoclonal antibody to the CD45RB protein. Furthermore, this antibody will reverse acute rejection when therapy is delayed until day 4 and will still induce tolerance. The mechanisms of this therapeutic...

Background. Rejection is the most significant problem in the field of transplantation. The current goal of transplant immunology is to develop better immunotherapeutic protocols that are aimed at specifically suppressing alloreactivity and preserving an otherwise intact immune system. We have previously shown that mice will accept renal allografts indefinitely with normal renal function after two injections of a monoclonal antibody to the CD45RB protein. Furthermore, this antibody will reverse acute rejection when therapy is delayed until day 4 and will still induce tolerance. The mechanisms of this therapeutic...

CD45 is a family of transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatases exclusively expressed by hematopoietic cells and critically involved in the regulation of T cell activation signals, We now demonstrate that three 100-mu g doses of antiCD45RB mAb MB23G2 can induce long-term engraftment of islets into major histcompatibility complex-disparate chemically diabetic mice, Long-term graft survivors (>120 days) were tolerant to new islet allografts from the original donor strain, MB23G2 induced a temporary decrease in number circulating leukocytes but had no effect on leukocyte number in other lymphoid compartments, Histologic examination...

CD45 is a family of transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatases exclusively expressed by hematopoietic cells and critically involved in the regulation of T cell activation signals, We now demonstrate that three 100-mu g doses of antiCD45RB mAb MB23G2 can induce long-term engraftment of islets into major histcompatibility complex-disparate chemically diabetic mice, Long-term graft survivors (>120 days) were tolerant to new islet allografts from the original donor strain, MB23G2 induced a temporary decrease in number circulating leukocytes but had no effect on leukocyte number in other lymphoid compartments, Histologic examination...

Background: The nodular sclerosis and mixed cellularity subtypes of Hodgkin’s disease are histologically characterised by a small population of neoplastic cells, the so-called Reed-Sternberg cells and their mononuclear variants (RS cells) and an extensive admixture of other cell types including lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, and histiocytes. The nature of this infiltrate is largely known, but the mechanisms and functional effects are not. The small lymphocytes immediately surrounding the RS cells are mostly CD4+ T cells that express early activation markers. The absence of prominent specific cytotoxic I cell...