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Apoptosis and transplantation tolerance.

Elise Chiffoleau1, Patrick T Walsh, Laurence Turka

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

Immunological Reviews
|May 20, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Transplant tolerance relies on deleting alloreactive T cells through apoptosis. This process is crucial for establishing and maintaining immune tolerance to transplanted organs.

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Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Transplantation Biology
  • Cell Death Mechanisms

Background:

  • Self-tolerance is maintained by deletion and regulation.
  • Acquired tolerance to allografts uses similar strategies.
  • A key difference is the high number of alloreactive T cells.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the immune response to alloantigens.
  • To discuss the role of apoptosis in transplantation tolerance.
  • To explore mechanisms by which apoptosis promotes tolerance.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on immune responses to alloantigens.
  • Analysis of the role of necrotic and apoptotic cell death.
  • Examination of the mechanisms of T cell deletion and immunoregulation.

Main Results:

  • A large number of alloreactive T cells necessitates initial deletion for tolerance.
  • Apoptosis actively promotes immunoregulation by affecting antigen-presenting cells.
  • Apoptosis may be required for achieving transplantation tolerance.

Conclusions:

  • Apoptosis plays a critical role in deleting alloreactive T cells.
  • This deletion facilitates the action of regulatory T cells.
  • Apoptosis is likely essential for successful transplantation tolerance.

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