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  • Title: Prevention of lpr-graft-versus-host disease and transfer of autoimmune diseases in normal C57BL/6 mice by transplantation of bone marrow cells plus bones (stromal cells) from MRL/lpr mice.
    Author: Miyashima S, Nagata N, Nakagawa T, Hosaka N, Takeuchi K, Ogawa R, Ikehara S.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1996 Jan 01; 156(1):79-84. PubMed ID: 8598497.
    Abstract:
    C57BL/6 (B6) (H-2b) mice were lethally irradiated and then reconstituted with T cell-depleted MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) (H-2k) bone marrow cells. The mice showed a short survival with splenic atrophy and fibrosis, as previously described as lpr-graft-vs-host disease (GVHD). However, when these mice received bone marrow transplantation (BMT) plus bone grafts (to recruit donor-derived stromal cells) from MRL/lpr mice, they survived for almost 1 yr without showing GVH symptoms, but showing autoimmune symptoms such as elevated serum IgG2a concentrations, autoantibody production and glomerulonephritis. When MRL/lpr bone marrow cells plus MRL/+ bones (instead of MRL/lpr bones) were transplanted into B6 mice, such improved survival was also obtained, although the MRL/+ bone grafts were less effective in prolonging survival than MRL/lpr bone grafts. H-2 typing of stromal cells in the bone marrow of the B6 mice revealed that the stromal cells had been replaced by donor(H-2k) derived stromal cells. Analyses of TCR repertoires showed that the percentage of CD4+V beta 8.1,2+ cells significantly decreased in the B6 mice that received bone marrow transplantation plus bone grafts from MRL/lpr mice. These findings suggest that stromal cells present in the bone marrow play a crucial role in the development of lpr-GVHD and autoimmune diseases.
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