Weili Chen, Etsuko Toda, Kazuhiro Takeuchi, Yurika Sawa, Kyoko Wakamatsu, Naomi Kuwahara, Arimi Ishikawa, Yuri Igarashi, Mika Terasaki, Shinobu Kunugi, Yasuhiro Terasaki, Kazuhiko Yamada, Yuya Terashima, Akira Shimizu
Antibody responses, involving B cells, CD4 + T cells, and macrophages, are implicated in autoimmune diseases and organ transplant rejection. We have previously shown that inhibiting FROUNT with disulfiram (DSF) suppresses macrophage activation and migration, effectively treating inflammatory diseases. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of DSF in antibody-producing reactions. Using a heart transplantation mouse model with antibody-mediated rejection, we administered anti-CD8 antibody to exclude cellular rejection...
April 22, 2024: Communications Biology