Activated protein C protects from GvHD via PAR2/PAR3 signalling in regulatory T-cells

Graft-vs.-host disease is a complication of allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Here the authors show that activated protein C signals via PAR2/PAR3 to expand Treg cells, mitigating the disease in mice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Satish Ranjan, Alexander Goihl, Shrey Kohli, Ihsan Gadi, Mandy Pierau, Khurrum Shahzad, Dheerendra Gupta, Fabian Bock, Hongjie Wang, Haroon Shaikh, Thilo Kähne, Dirk Reinhold, Ute Bank, Ana C. Zenclussen, Jana Niemz, Tina M. Schnöder, Monika Brunner-Weinzierl, Thomas Fischer, Thomas Kalinski, Burkhart Schraven, Thomas Luft, Jochen Huehn, Michael Naumann, Florian H. Heidel, Berend Isermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00169-4