Mice Deficient in T-bet Form Inducible NO Synthase-Positive Granulomas That Fail to Constrain .

Clearance of intracellular infections caused by Typhimurium (STm) requires IFN-γ and the Th1-associated transcription factor T-bet. Nevertheless, whereas IFN-γ mice succumb rapidly to STm infections, T-bet mice do not. In this study, we assess the anatomy of immune responses and the relationship with bacterial localization in the spleens and livers of STm-infected IFN-γ and T-bet mice.

An investigation to assess the potential of CD25highCD4+ T cells to regulate responses to donor alloantigens in clinically stable renal transplant recipients.

Regulatory T cells are enriched within CD25(high)CD4(+) leukocytes, however their role in renal transplant recipients with stable function vs. recipients with biopsy-proven chronic allograft dysfunction remains unclear. We therefore studied the number, phenotype, and function of CD25(high)CD4(+) cells in the peripheral blood of 30 renal transplant recipients of living-related grafts, comprising 15 rejection-free recipients with stable graft function (Group A) and 15 with biopsy-proven chronic graft dysfunction (Group B).