Do B-cells contribute to experimental Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome?
M Reichert, S Atanasova, G Fuchs-Moll, K Petri, W Padberg, V Grau · Pneumologie · 2014 · Heft 06
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Objectives: Recently, we established a clinically relevant experimental model for human bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), which involves orthotopic transplantation of rat lung allografts followed by intratracheal application of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (Atanasova et al. 2013, J Heart Lung Transplant 32: 1131). Chronic lung damage does neither develop in allografts treated with vehicle instead of LPS nor in pulmonary isografts. Alloreactive and autoreactive antibodies have been detected in BOS patients but their pathogenic role is disputed. Here, we investigate B cell infiltration into experimental lung al…