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A comprehensive flow-cytometric analysis of graft infiltrating lymphocytes, draining lymph nodes and serum during the rejection phase in a fully allogeneic rat cornea transplant model

scientific article

A non-apoptotic role for caspase-9 in muscle differentiation

scientific article published on 28 October 2008

Abnormal T-cell reactivity against paternal antigens in spontaneous abortion: adoptive transfer of pregnancy-induced CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells prevents fetal rejection in a murine abortion model

scientific article

Abolition of anti-CD4-induced allotransplantation tolerance by exogenous IL-2

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Adenoviral transduction of mesenchymal stem cells: in vitro responses and in vivo immune responses after cell transplantation

scientific article

Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of interleukin-4 into pancreatic stellate cells promotes interleukin-10 expression

scientific journal article

Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of interleukin-4 to corneal endothelial cells and organ cultured corneas leads to high IL-4 expression

article

Allo-specific T-cells encoding for viral IL-10 exert strong immunomodulatory effects in vitro but fail to prevent graft rejection

scientific article published in February 2005

Allogeneic Murine Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Migration to Inflamed Joints In Vivo and Amelioration of Collagen Induced Arthritis When Transduced to Express CTLA4Ig

scientific article published on 04 September 2013

Anti-Donor Antibody Induction Following Intramuscular Injections of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Anti-Donor Immune Responses Elicited by Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Extracellular Vesicles: Are We Still Learning?

scientific article published on 24 November 2017

Anti-donor immune responses elicited by allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells: what have we learned so far?

scientific article published on 04 December 2012

Antigen-dependent transgene expression in kidney transplantation: a novel approach using gene-engineered T lymphocytes

scientific article

Autoimmune CD4+ T cell memory: lifelong persistence of encephalitogenic T cell clones in healthy immune repertoires

scientific article published in July 2005

Changes in immunological profile of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells after differentiation: should we be concerned?

scientific article

Chondrogenic differentiation increases antidonor immune response to allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell transplantation

scientific article

Comparison of viral and nonviral vectors for gene transfer to human endothelial progenitor cells

scientific article

Concise review: adult mesenchymal stromal cell therapy for inflammatory diseases: how well are we joining the dots?

scientific article published on October 2013

Control of TNF-induced dendritic cell maturation by hybrid-type N-glycans

scientific article

Corneal Immunosuppressive Mechanisms, Anterior Chamber-Associated Immune Deviation (ACAID) and Their Role in Allograft Rejection.

scientific article published on January 2016

Corneal allograft endothelial cell replacement represents a reparative response to transplant injury

scientific article published on 03 April 2009

Corneal allograft rejection: current understanding. I. Immunobiology and basic mechanisms.

scientific article published in July 2001

Corrigendum to: "Development of a flow cytometry-based potency assay for measuring the in vitro immunomodulatory properties of mesenchymal stromal cells" [J. Immunol. Lett. 177 (2016) 38-46].

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Culture expanded primary chondrocytes have potent immunomodulatory properties and do not induce an allogeneic immune response.

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

Cytokine mRNA levels and lymphocyte infiltration in pancreatic tissue during experimental chronic pancreatitis induced by dibutyltin dichloride

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

Cytokine-induced beta-cell apoptosis is NO-dependent, mitochondria-mediated and inhibited by BCL-XL.

scientific article published on 10 December 2007

Decline of surface MHC I by adenoviral gene transfer of anti-MHC I intrabodies in human endothelial cells-new perspectives for the generation of universal donor cells for tissue transplantation

scientific article

Depletion of IL-4 does not prevent tolerance induction in an allogeneic rat kidney transplantation model

scientific article published in February 1999

Development of a flow cytometry-based potency assay for measuring the in vitro immunomodulatory properties of mesenchymal stromal cells.

scientific article

Distinct tolerance pathways in sensitized allograft recipients after selective blockade of activation signal 1 or signal 2

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Distinctive Surface Glycosylation Patterns Associated With Mouse and Human CD4+ Regulatory T Cells and Their Suppressive Function.

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Donor bone marrow-derived dendritic cells prolong corneal allograft survival and promote an intragraft immunoregulatory milieu.

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Effect of anti-inflammatory cytokines on the activation of lymphocytes by lacrimal gland acinar cells in an autologous mixed cell reaction.

scientific article

Effects of a selective glucocorticoid receptor agonist on experimental keratoplasty

scientific article published on 9 April 2005

Effects of interleukin-12p40 gene transfer on rat corneal allograft survival

scientific article published on 13 June 2007

Effects of local and systemic viral interleukin-10 gene transfer on corneal allograft survival

scientific article published on 9 November 2006

Effects of spironolactone on corneal allograft survival in the rat.

scientific article published on 23 October 2007

Efficiency of cytokine gene transfer in corneal endothelial cells and organ-cultured corneas mediated by liposomal vehicles and recombinant adenovirus

scientific article published in March 2003

Enhanced lipoplex-mediated gene expression in mesenchymal stem cells using reiterated nuclear localization sequence peptides.

scientific article published in February 2010

Ex vivo gene transfer of viral interleukin-10 to BB rat islets: no protection after transplantation to diabetic BB rats

scientific article published on July 2007

Expression of IL-10 and TNF-inhibitor genes in lacrimal gland epithelial cells suppresses their ability to activate lymphocytes

scientific article published in March 2002

Expression of TNF inhibitor gene in the lacrimal gland promotes recovery of tear production and tear stability and reduced immunopathology in rabbits with induced autoimmune dacryoadenitis

scientific article

Extracellular vesicles as modulators of wound healing.

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

FTY720 prevents anti-CD4 mAb-induced tolerance but cannot reverse established tolerance in a rat kidney transplantation model

scientific article

Fibroblast-mediated delivery of growth factor complementary DNA into mouse joints induces chondrogenesis but avoids the disadvantages of direct viral gene transfer

scholarly article

Gene therapy approaches to prevent corneal graft rejection: where do we stand?

scientific article published on 10 August 2013

Gene therapy for the prevention of ischemia/reperfusion injury in organ transplantation.

scientific article

Gene therapy in immune-mediated diseases of the eye.

scientific article

Gene therapy in ophthalmology. Review of options and trends in corneal diseases

scientific article published in March 2001

Gene therapy in transplantation: Toward clinical trials.

scientific article published on October 2009

Gene therapy in transplantation: experimental approaches to the transfer of the anti-inflammatory and cytostatic genes for transplant maintenance

scientific article published in August 2003

Gene transfer of cyto-protective molecules in corneal endothelial cells and cultured corneas: analysis of protective effects in vitro and in vivo

scientific article published on 02 April 2007

Gene-modified mesenchymal stem cells express functionally active nerve growth factor on an engineered poly lactic glycolic acid (PLGA) substrate.

scientific article published in May 2008

Heme oxygenase-1 and its reaction product, carbon monoxide, prevent inflammation-related apoptotic liver damage in mice

scientific article published in October 2003

Heme oxygenase-1 gene therapy: a novel immunomodulatory approach in liver allograft recipients?

scientific article published in February 2001

Heme oxygenase-1 gene transfer prevents CD95/FasL-mediated apoptosis and improves liver allograft survival via carbon monoxide signaling pathway.

scientific article published on August 2002

Heme oxygenase-1 inhibits T cell-dependent skin inflammation and differentiation and function of antigen-presenting cells

scientific article published in August 2007

High-risk Corneal Transplantation: Recent Developments and Future Possibilities

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Immune response after adenoviral gene transfer in syngeneic heart transplants: effects of anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody therapy

scientific article published in July 2000

Immunogenicity of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells.

scientific article published on September 2012

Immunological aspects of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell therapies

scientific article published on December 2010

Improvements in gene therapy: averting the immune response to adenoviral vectors

scientific article

Influence of combined treatment of low dose rapamycin and cyclosporin A on corneal allograft survival

scientific article published on 24 June 2010

Influence of local and systemic CTLA4Ig gene transfer on corneal allograft survival

scientific article published in April 2006

Interleukin-4 gene transfer into rat pancreas by recombinant adenovirus.

scientific article published in September 2005

Interspecies Incompatibilities Limit the Immunomodulatory Effect of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in the Rat

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Intrabody-mediated phenotypic knockout of major histocompatibility complex class I expression in human and monkey cell lines and in primary human keratinocytes

scientific article

Investigating the Potential and Pitfalls of EV-Encapsulated MicroRNAs as Circulating Biomarkers of Breast Cancer

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Ischemia/reperfusion injury-mediated down-regulation of adenovirus-mediated gene expression in a rat heart transplantation model is inhibited by co-application of a TNFRp55-Ig chimeric construct

scientific article published in July 2000

Local delivery of the viral interleukin-10 gene suppresses tissue inflammation in murine Pneumocystis carinii infection

scientific article

Local overexpression of nerve growth factor in rat corneal transplants improves allograft survival

scientific article published in March 2007

Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles: Toward Cell-free Therapeutic Applications.

scientific article published on 19 March 2015

Mesenchymal stem cell effects on T-cell effector pathways.

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Mesenchymal stem cell therapy promotes corneal allograft survival in rats by local and systemic immunomodulation.

scientific article

Mesenchymal stem cell therapy to promote corneal allograft survival: current status and pathway to clinical translation.

scientific article published on 31 October 2016

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and colorectal cancer: a troublesome twosome for the anti-tumour immune response?

scientific article published on 17 August 2016

Migratory Activity and Functional Changes of Green Fluorescent Effector Cells before and during Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Minimum Information about T Regulatory Cells: A Step toward Reproducibility and Standardization

scientific article published in January 2017

Minimum information about tolerogenic antigen-presenting cells (MITAP): a first step towards reproducibility and standardisation of cellular therapies

scientific article

Novel gene therapeutic strategies for the induction of tolerance in cornea transplantation

scientific article

Over-expression of heme oxygenase-1 by adenoviral gene transfer improves pregnancy outcome in a murine model of abortion

scientific article published on 28 December 2005

Potential of allospecific gene-engineered T cells in transplantation gene therapy: specific T cell activation determines transgene expression in vitro and in vivo

scientific article

Prophylactic effect of IL-10 gene transfer on induced autoimmune dacryoadenitis

scientific article published in May 2004

Regulating Immunogenicity and Tolerogenicity of Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells through Modulation of Cell Surface Glycosylation by Dexamethasone Treatment.

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Regulatory tolerance-mediating T cells in transplantation tolerance

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Role of lentivirus-mediated overexpression of programmed death-ligand 1 on corneal allograft survival

scientific article published on 02 February 2012

Selective and antigen-dependent effects of myelin degeneration on central nervous system inflammation

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Specificity and T cell receptor beta chain usage of a human collagen type II-reactive T cell clone derived from a healthy individual

scientific article

Stimulatory and inhibitory action of cytokines on the regulation of hCMV-IE promoter activity in human endothelial cells

scientific article published in August 2000

Stromal Cell PD-L1 Inhibits CD8+ T-cell Antitumor Immune Responses and Promotes Colon Cancer

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

Survival of corneal allografts following adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of interleukin-4.

scientific article published in June 2000

TNF-α/IL-1β-licensed mesenchymal stromal cells promote corneal allograft survival via myeloid cell-mediated induction of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in the lung

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

TNFα and IL-1β influence the differentiation and migration of murine MSCs independently of the NF-κB pathway

scientific article

Targeting of macrophage activity by adenovirus-mediated intragraft overexpression of TNFRp55-Ig, IL-12p40, and vIL-10 ameliorates adenovirus-mediated chronic graft injury, whereas stimulation of macrophages by overexpression of IFN-gamma accelerates

scientific article published in January 2003

The Exosome - A Naturally Secreted Nanoparticle and its Application to Wound Healing.

scientific article

The activation status of neuroantigen-specific T cells in the target organ determines the clinical outcome of autoimmune encephalomyelitis

scientific article published in January 2004

The influence of inducible costimulator fusion protein (ICOSIg) gene transfer on corneal allograft survival

scientific article published on 6 July 2007

The use of gene therapy tools in reproductive immunology research

scientific article

Third-Party Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Prevent Rejection in a Pre-sensitized High-Risk Model of Corneal Transplantation

scientific article published on 20 November 2018

Thymus requirement and antigen dependency in the "infectious" tolerance pathway in transplant recipients

scientific article published in June 1998

Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor gene expression suppresses lacrimal gland immunopathology in a rabbit model of autoimmune dacryoadenitis

scientific article

Upregulation of Bag-1 by ex vivo gene transfer protects rat livers from ischemia/reperfusion injury

scientific article published in August 2002

Upregulation of heme oxygenase-1 protects genetically fat Zucker rat livers from ischemia/reperfusion injury

scientific article

Viral interleukin-10 gene transfer prevents liver ischemia-reperfusion injury: Toll-like receptor-4 and heme oxygenase-1 signaling in innate and adaptive immunity

scientific article

Visualization of alloantigen-specific, EGFP-engineered T lymphocytes in a rat kidney transplantation model

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

[Immune reaction after penetrating keratoplasty. II. Prevention and therapy]

scientific article published on 01 June 1998

vIL-10-overexpressing human MSCs modulate naïve and activated T lymphocytes following induction of collagenase-induced osteoarthritis

scientific article published on 18 May 2016