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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2022 Aug 26;107(3):584–595. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004297

Table 2:

Summary of knowledge of heterologous immunity.

Organism Form of cross-
reactivity
Evidence of cross-reactivity
Mus musculus Two infections
  • LCMV-specific T cells proliferate in response to VV or Pichinde antigen148,149

Virus and alloantigen
  • LCMV-, VV-, or VSV-specific T cells produce IFNγ in response to allogeneic MHC150,151

  • Prior infection with LCMV, VV, or VSV blocks skin graft tolerance induction150,151

Homo sapiens Two infections
  • Memory flu-specific T cells can proliferate in response to EBV147,148,152-155

Virus and alloantigen (healthy volunteers)
  • T cells specific to CMV, influenza, VZV proliferate in response to alloantigen152

  • Virus-specific T cell lines produce IFNγ in response to HLA153

  • Memory CD4 and CD8 T cells from healthy volunteers proliferate in response to alloantigen155

Virus and alloantigen (transplant recipients)
  • T cells specific to CMV, VZV, EBV have been shown to react to HLA in transplant recipients156-161

  • These studies have not directly addressed rejection risk

Summary for mouse and human models, subdivided based on nature of heterologous challenge. References are listed for each individual point. This list is not intended to be exhaustive.