title: Cross-immune tolerance: conception and its potential significance on transplantation tolerance.
abstract: The diversity of alloreactive T cells in graft rejection and the presence of extensive crossreactivity among alloreactive T cells indicate that the induction of transplantation tolerance may fundamentally alter the size of host T-cell repertoire involved in protective immunity and immune surveillance, especially those that are crossreactive to conventional antigens. We herein highlight the crossreactive nature of alloreactive T cells and the potential risks of altered T-cell repertoire associated with the induction of transplantation tolerance. The possibility that T-cell tolerance to one set of antigens results in their tolerance to other unrelated antigens due to T-cell crossreactivity and/or heterogeneity is defined as 'cross-immune tolerance'. The definition and significance of this concept were discussed in details.
authors.affiliation: Transplantation Biology Research Division, State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. zhaoy@ioz.ac.cn
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xianchang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D023001:Transplantation Tolerance
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell