Figure 1.
Development and characterization of murine model of antibody-mediated heart allograft rejection. (A) Figure is adapted from our companion paper (4). BL/6 Tcrbd−/− recipients of BALB/c heart allografts were either unmodified (no cells group) or reconstituted the day after with either wild-type or SAP-deficient CD4 T cells from TCR transgenic Rag1−/− TCR75 animals that recognize I-Ab-restricted H-2K peptide. (B) ELISA assays of serum samples obtained from BL/6 Tcrbd−/− recipients of BALB/c hearts and reconstituted with 103 TCR75 CD4 T cells (n = 4) shows progressive increase of anti-H-2Kd IgG alloantibody until day 100.