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Murine Left Pulmonary Hilar Clamp Model of Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) during lung transplantation is a major risk factor for post-transplant complications, including primary graft ...

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Intravital Two-Photon Microscopy of the Transplanted Mouse Lung

Complications after lung transplantation are largely related to the host immune system responding to the graft. Such immune responses are regulated by ...

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Erratum: Murine Left Pulmonary Hilar Clamp Model of Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

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Washington University, St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

While the function of many leukocytes in transplant biology has been well defined, the role of eosinophils is controversial and remains poorly explored. Conflicting data exist regarding eosinophils' role in alloimmunity. Due to their prevalence in the lung, and their defined role in other pulmonary pathologies such as asthma, we set out to explore the role of eosinophils in the long-term maintenance of the lung allograft. We noted that depletion of eosinophils results in the generation of donor-specific antibodies. Eosinophil depletion increased memory B cell, plasma cell, and antibody-secreting cell differentiation and resulted in de novo generation of follicular germinal centers. Germinal center formation depended on the expansion of CD4+Foxp3-Bcl6+CXCR5+PD-1+ T follicular helper (Tfh) cells, which increase in number after eosinophil depletion. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that eosinophils prevent Tfh cell generation by acting as the dominant source of IFN-γ in an established lung allograft, thus facilitating Th1 rather than Tfh polarization of naive CD4+ T cells. Our data thus describe what we believe is a unique and previously unknown role for eosinophils in maintaining allograft tolerance and suggest that indiscriminate administration of eosinophil-lytic corticosteroids for treatment of acute cellular rejection may inadvertently promote humoral alloimmunity.

Yuhei Yokoyama

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Washington University, St. Louis

Murine Left Pulmonary Hilar Clamp Model of Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

Intravital Two-Photon Microscopy of the Transplanted Mouse Lung

Erratum: Murine Left Pulmonary Hilar Clamp Model of Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

Yuhei Yokoyama

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Washington University, St. Louis

Murine Left Pulmonary Hilar Clamp Model of Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

Intravital Two-Photon Microscopy of the Transplanted Mouse Lung

Erratum: Murine Left Pulmonary Hilar Clamp Model of Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery