title: CD11c+ Dendritic Cells Accelerate the Rejection of Older Cardiac Transplants via Interleukin-17A.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Organ transplantation has seen an increased use of organs from older donors over the past decades in an attempt to meet the globally growing shortage of donor organs. However, inferior transplantation outcomes when older donor organs are used represent a growing challenge.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Here, we characterize the impact of donor age on solid-organ transplantation using a murine cardiac transplantation model. We found a compromised graft survival when older hearts were used. Shorter graft survival of older hearts was independent of organ age per se, because chimeric young or old organs repopulated with young passenger leukocytes showed comparable survival times. Transplantation of older organs triggered more potent alloimmune responses via intragraft CD11c+ dendritic cells augmenting CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell proliferation and proinflammatory cytokine production, particularly that of interleukin-17A. Of note, depletion of donor CD11c+ dendritic cells before engraftment, neutralization of interleukin-17A, or transplantation of older hearts into IL-17A(-/-) mice delayed rejection and reduced alloimmune responses to levels observed when young hearts were transplanted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results demonstrate a critical role of old donor CD11c+ dendritic cells in mounting age-dependent alloimmune responses with an augmented interleukin-17A response in recipient animals. Targeting interleukin-17A may serve as a novel therapeutic approach when older organs are transplanted.
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Rupert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oberhuber
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Timm
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heinbokel
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Hector Rodriguez
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Cetina Biefer
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boenisch
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hock
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Roderick T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Bronson
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Markus J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Yoichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwakura
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Karoline
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Edtinger
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quante
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Floris
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Voskuil
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Krenzien
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Bendix
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Slegtenhorst
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abdi
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pratschke
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.).
authors.forename: Abdallah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elkhal
authors.affiliation: From Transplantation Surgery Research Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.O., T.H., H.R.C.B., K.H., K.E., H.U., M.Q., F.V., F.K., B.S., A.E., S.G.T.); Department of Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria (R.O.); Institute of Medical Immunology (T.H.) and Department for General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular, and Thorax Surgery (J.P.), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (H.R.C.B., M.J.W.); Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (O.B., R.A.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (O.B.); Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (K.H.); Rodent Histopathology Core, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (R.T.B.); Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan (R.T.B.); Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Germany (M.Q., F.K.); and Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (B.S.). stullius@partners.org.
authors.forename: Stefan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Tullius
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D039521:CD11c Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020381:Interleukin-17 / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D039521:CD11c Antigen; D020381:Interleukin-17
keywords: aging; immunology; rejection; transplantation