[HTML][HTML] The early course of kidney allograft rejection: defining the time when rejection begins

G Einecke, M Mengel, L Hidalgo, K Allanach… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
We studied the early events in mouse kidney allografts and isografts to define when
allorecognition begins and when alloimmune tissue injury begins. Allografts but not isografts
showed T-cell infiltration in perivascular areas from day 1, but tubulitis and arteritis did not
develop until day 7. Flow cytometry confirmed the early allospecific CD3+ CD8+ T-cell
infiltrate. At day 1, both allografts and isografts showed extensive transcriptome changes,
reflecting the response to surgery, but only allografts showed expression of interferon …