Inducible costimulator (ICOS) up-regulation on activated T cells in chronic graft-versus-host disease after dog leukocyte antigen-nonidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation: a potential therapeutic target.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inducible costimulator (ICOS), a member of the CD28 family of costimulatory molecules, is induced on CD4 and CD8 T cells after their activation. ICOS functions as an essential immune regulator and ICOS blockade is a potential approach to immune modulation in allogeneic transplantation. Here, we describe the expression profile of ICOS in dogs and determine whether ICOS expression is up-regulated during chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and host-versus-graft reactions in the canine hematopoietic cell transplantation model.

Methods

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against cell surface-expressed ICOS were produced and tested in vitro for suppression of canine mixed leukocyte reactions (MLR). Expression of ICOS on CD3 cells was evaluated by flow cytometry using peri

SUBMITTER: Sato M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3696413 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature