Inhibition of IL-10 production is a critical factor in the ability of tacrolimus to reverse ongoing allograft rejection.

FK778 effectively reduces functional and histologic chronic kidney allograft rejection in the rat.

This study investigated the effects of a blocking anti-CD28 antibody (Anti-CD28-PV1-IgG3) in vitro and in vivo. Anti-CD28-PV1-IgG3, a hamster-mouse chimeric antibody against murine CD28, which does not provide CD28-positive signaling during TCR-driven T cell activation, enabled long-term survival of heart allografts across a complete mismatch of the MHC in rats. Among the T cell signaling proteins tested in the spleens from recipients, we found that recipients treated with anti-CD28-PV1-IgG3 exhibited suppression of alloantigen-initiated proximal TCR signaling events, including Lck, Zap70, Vav, and PI3K expression, and their PKC theta- and JNK-regulated expression/activation. This leads to attenuation of intragraft T cell infiltration and expression of T cell effector molecules. These results indicate that targeting the CD28 receptor with a blocking antibody leads to long-term allograft survival by reducing activation of alloantigen-mediated key signaling events in T cells that might be crucial for full T cell activation.

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AS2495674 prevents acute rejection, reduces features of chronic rejection, and induces tolerance. Our data suggest that the mechanism of AS2495674 involves generating a tolerogenic graft environment by preferentially targeting T effector cells while sparing the generation of T regulatory cells.

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