B7-H1 Expression Is Required for Human Endometrial Regenerative Cells in the Prevention of Transplant Vasculopathy in Mice

• Main Authors: Kui Ye (Author), Xu Lan (Author), Grace Wang (Author), Baoren Zhang (Author), Xiaoxi Xu (Author), Xiang Li (Author), Yiming Zhao (Author), Hao Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vasculopathy is one of the primary pathological changes in chronic rejection of vascularized allograft transplantation. Endometrial regenerative cells (ERCs) are mesenchymal-like stromal cells with immunosuppressive effect. B7-H1 is a negative costimulator that mediates active immune suppression. Th...