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Xenotransplantation: Where are we in 2008? by Sprangers, B., Waer, M., Billiau, A.D.

“…Xenotransplantation holds promise to solve the ever increasing shortage of donor organs for allotransplantation. In the last 2 decades, major progress has been…”
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Subset characterization of myeloid-derived suppressor cells arising during induction of BM chimerism in mice by Luyckx, A, Schouppe, E, Rutgeerts, O, Lenaerts, C, Koks, C, Fevery, S, Devos, T, Dierickx, D, Waer, M, Van Ginderachter, J A, Billiau, A D

“…To date, myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) have been best studied in cancer, where they represent an escape mechanism for immune surveillance. MDSC are…”
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CTLA-4 blockade in murine bone marrow chimeras induces a host-derived antileukemic effect without graft-versus-host disease by FEVERY, S, BILLIAU, A. D, DE WOLF-PEETERS, C, WAER, M, VANDENBERGHE, P, SPRANGERS, B, RUTGEERTS, O, LENAERTSL, C, GOEBELS, J, LANDUYT, W, KASRAN, A, BOON, L, SAGAERT, X

“…We studied the effect of CTLA-4 blockade on graft-versus-leukemia and graft-versus-host responses in a mouse model of minor histocompatibility-mismatched bone…”
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Subclinical GvHD in non-irradiated F1 hybrids: severe lymphoid-tissue GvHD causing prolonged immune dysfunction by Sprangers, B, Van Wijmeersch, B, Luyckx, A, Sagaert, X, Verbinnen, B, Rutgeerts, O, Lenaerts, C, Tousseyn, T, Dubois, B, Waer, M, Billiau, A D

“…GvHD is an important complication of allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Parent-in-F1 models are frequently used to study GvHD immunobiology; the characteristics of…”
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AMD3100, a potent and specific antagonist of the stromal cell-derived factor-1 chemokine receptor CXCR4, inhibits autoimmune joint inflammation in IFN-gamma receptor-deficient mice by Matthys, P, Hatse, S, Vermeire, K, Wuyts, A, Bridger, G, Henson, G W, De Clercq, E, Billiau, A, Schols, D

“…Autoimmune collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in IFN-gammaR-deficient DBA/1 mice was shown to be reduced in severity by treatment with the bicyclam derivative…”
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Accelerated collagen-induced arthritis in IFN-gamma receptor-deficient mice by Vermeire, K, Heremans, H, Vandeputte, M, Huang, S, Billiau, A, Matthys, P

“…Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is a model for rheumatoid arthritis. Here, we describe experiments showing that IFN-gamma receptor knockout (IFN-gammaR alpha…”
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Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation and donor lymphocyte infusion in a mouse model of irradiation-induced myelodysplastic myeloproliferation syndrome (MD MPS): evidence for a graft-versus-MD MPS effect by Sprangers, B, Van Wijmeersch, B, Luyckx, A, Sagaert, X, De Somer, L, Rutgeerts, O, Lenaerts, C, Landuyt, W, Boeckx, N, Dubois, B, De Wolf-Peeters, C, Waer, M, Billiau, A D

“…The role of graft-versus-malignancy reactivity in the effects of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) for…”
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An Easy and Reproducible Model of Kidney Transplantation in Rats by Soma, T, Lerut, E, Billiau, A, Waer, M, Goebels, J, Koshiba, T, Uemoto, S, Pirenne, J

“…Abstract Objective Kidney transplantation in rats is an important research model. Various methods have been reported, but there is no “standard operation.” We…”
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Gelatinase B is present in the cerebrospinal fluid during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and cleaves myelin basic protein by Gijbels, K, Proost, P, Masure, S, Carton, H, Billiau, A, Opdenakker, G

“…Gelatinases in inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) were studied using actively induced experimental autoimmune…”
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Cytokines and their interactions with other inflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of sepsis and septic shock by Billiau, A, Vandekerckhove, F

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Anti-gamma interferon and anti-interleukin-6 antibodies affect staphylococcal enterotoxin B-induced weight loss, hypoglycemia, and cytokine release in D-galactosamine-sensitized and unsensitized mice by MATTHYS, P, MITERA, T, HEREMANS, H, VAN DAMME, J, BILLIAU, A

“…Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon…”
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Variation in dentofacial morphology and occlusion in juvenile idiopathic arthritis subjects: a case–control study by Hu, Yuqian, Billiau, An D., Verdonck, An, Wouters, Carine, Carels, Carine

“…Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) can severely disturb facial growth and affect occlusal development. In this case–control study, facial, functional, and…”
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Graft-versus-leukemia effect in minor antigen mismatched chimeras given delayed donor leucocyte infusion : Immunoregulatory aspects and role of donor T and asgm1-positive cells by SEFRIOUI, H, BILLIAU, A. D, WAER, M

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that delayed donor leukocyte infusion (DLI) can increase graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) without increasing…”
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Linkage disequilibrium analysis of chromosome 12q14-15 in multiple sclerosis: delineation of a 118-kb interval around interferon-gamma (IFNG) that is involved in male versus female differential susceptibility by Goris, A, Heggarty, S, Marrosu, M G, Graham, C, Billiau, A, Vandenbroeck, K

“…We have recently reported the association of a polymorphic intronic CA-repeat in the interferon-gamma gene (IFNG) with gender bias in susceptibility to…”
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Enhancement of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in mice by antibodies against IFN-gamma by Billiau, A, Heremans, H, Vandekerckhove, F, Dijkmans, R, Sobis, H, Meulepas, E, Carton, H

“…Acute experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) was induced in C57BL/6J and SJL/J mice by injection of isologous spinal cord homogenate given in…”
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Interferon γ, a mediator of lethal lipopolysaccharide-induced Shwartzman-like shock reactions in mice by HEREMANS, H, VAN DAMME, J, DILLEN, C, DIJKMANS, R, BILLIAU, A

“…The involvement of cytokines in the pathogenesis of a generalized, Shwartzman-like lethal inflammatory response to bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) was…”
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Monoclonal Antibody against Interferon γ Can Prevent Experimental Cerebral Malaria and its Associated Overproduction of Tumor Necrosis Factor by Grau, Georges E., Heremans, Hubertine, Piguet, Pierre-François, Pointaire, Pascal, Lambert, Paul-Henri, Billiau, Alfons, Vassalli, Pierre

“…Experimental cerebral malaria (ECM), a lethal hyperacute neurological syndrome associated with high blood levels of tumor necrosis factor, develops in…”
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Interferon beta in the cytokine network: an anti-inflammatory pathway by Billiau, A

“…Interferons are cytokines and thus fulfil a vital role in communication between cells in their microenvironment. Type I interferons, the group to which…”
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Granulocyte chemotactic protein-2 and related CXC chemokines: from gene regulation to receptor usage by Van Damme, Jo, Wuyts, Anja, Froyen, Guy, Van Coillie, Els, Struyf, Sofie, Billiau, Alfons, Proost, Paul, Wang, Ji Ming, Opdenakker, Ghislain

“…Chemokines contribute to the inflammatory response by selective attraction of various leukocytic cell types. Human GCP‐2 was originally identified by amino…”
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Identification of the human 26-kD protein, interferon β2 (IFN-β2), as a B cell hybridoma/plasmacytoma growth factor induced by interleukin 1 and tumor necrosis factor by VAN DAMME, J, OPDENAKKER, G, SIMPSON, R. J, RUBIRA, M. R, CAYPHAS, S, VINK, A, BILLIAU, A, VAN SNICK, J

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