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Alefacept promotes co-stimulation blockade based allograft survival in nonhuman primates.

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Weaver, TA; Charafeddine, AH; Agarwal, A; Turner, AP; Russell, M; Leopardi, FV; Kampen, RL; Stempora, L; Song, M; Larsen, CP; Kirk, AD
Published in: Nat Med
July 2009

Memory T cells promote allograft rejection particularly in co-stimulation blockade-based immunosuppressive regimens. Here we show that the CD2-specific fusion protein alefacept (lymphocyte function-associated antigen-3-Ig; LFA -3-Ig) selectively eliminates memory T cells and, when combined with a co-stimulation blockade-based regimen using cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4)-Ig, a CD80- and CD86-specific fusion protein, prevents renal allograft rejection and alloantibody formation in nonhuman primates. These results support the immediate translation of a regimen for the prevention of allograft rejection without the use of calcineurin inhibitors, steroids or pan-T cell depletion.

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Nat Med

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1546-170X

Publication Date

July 2009

Volume

15

Issue

7

Start / End Page

746 / 749

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • T-Lymphocytes
  • Sirolimus
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Macaca mulatta
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Immunology
  • Immunologic Memory
  • Immunoconjugates
  • Graft Survival
 

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Weaver, T. A., Charafeddine, A. H., Agarwal, A., Turner, A. P., Russell, M., Leopardi, F. V., … Kirk, A. D. (2009). Alefacept promotes co-stimulation blockade based allograft survival in nonhuman primates. Nat Med, 15(7), 746–749. https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.1993
Weaver, Tim A., Ali H. Charafeddine, Avinash Agarwal, Alexandra P. Turner, Maria Russell, Frank V. Leopardi, Robert L. Kampen, et al. “Alefacept promotes co-stimulation blockade based allograft survival in nonhuman primates.Nat Med 15, no. 7 (July 2009): 746–49. https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.1993.
Weaver TA, Charafeddine AH, Agarwal A, Turner AP, Russell M, Leopardi FV, et al. Alefacept promotes co-stimulation blockade based allograft survival in nonhuman primates. Nat Med. 2009 Jul;15(7):746–9.
Weaver, Tim A., et al. “Alefacept promotes co-stimulation blockade based allograft survival in nonhuman primates.Nat Med, vol. 15, no. 7, July 2009, pp. 746–49. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/nm.1993.
Weaver TA, Charafeddine AH, Agarwal A, Turner AP, Russell M, Leopardi FV, Kampen RL, Stempora L, Song M, Larsen CP, Kirk AD. Alefacept promotes co-stimulation blockade based allograft survival in nonhuman primates. Nat Med. 2009 Jul;15(7):746–749.

Published In

Nat Med

DOI

EISSN

1546-170X

Publication Date

July 2009

Volume

15

Issue

7

Start / End Page

746 / 749

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • T-Lymphocytes
  • Sirolimus
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Macaca mulatta
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Immunology
  • Immunologic Memory
  • Immunoconjugates
  • Graft Survival