Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

March1-dependent modulation of donor MHC II on CD103+ dendritic cells mitigates alloimmunity

  • Thiago J. Borges,
  • Naoka Murakami,
  • Felipe D. Machado,
  • Ayesha Murshid,
  • Benjamin J. Lang,
  • Rafael L. Lopes,
  • Laura M. Bellan,
  • Mayuko Uehara,
  • Krist H. Antunes,
  • Maria José Pérez-Saéz,
  • Gabriel Birrane,
  • Priscila Vianna,
  • João Ismael B. Gonçalves,
  • Rafael F. Zanin,
  • Jamil Azzi,
  • Reza Abdi,
  • Satoshi Ishido,
  • Jeoung-Sook Shin,
  • Ana Paula D. Souza,
  • Stuart K. Calderwood,
  • Leonardo V. Riella,
  • Cristina Bonorino

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05572-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Donor-derived dendritic cells (do-DC) in the graft can contribute to the induction of alloimmunity and tissue rejection, but how do-DC can be targeted for improving graft survival is unclear. Here the authors show that reducing MHC-II expression on do-DCs by DnaK pre-treatment can decrease the priming of alloimmunity and prolong graft survival in mouse models.