Differential sex-associated differences in immune responses to and osteoneogenesis of ectopically transplanted fetal bone allografts: Importance of H2 and non-H2 encoded alloantigens

Shraga Segal, Chana Altaratz, Yitzhak S. Engelberg, Boris Tartakovsky, Laslo Nebel

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Abstract

Fetal bone allografts were transplanted in male and female recipients differing in major histocompatibility (MHC) H2 and non-H2 encoded alloantigens. The aim of this investigation was to test the possibly differential effects of sex-associated inflammatory responses evoked by these alloantigens on osteoneogenesis of the fetal bone allograft and the differentiation of associated cellular elements (i.e., bone marrow). From the results of our present study, it appears that the sex of the recipient and the extent of histoincompatibility at both (MHC) H2 and non-H2 genes of the fetal graft determine the character of the inflammatory processes evoked by the graft, and in turn, the developmental fate in terms of histogenetic ossification processes. In the case of the allograft, the greater the immunogenetic gap the more intense were both the inflammatory responses in the female recipients and the extent of osteoneogenesis, particularly of enchondral bone in the females.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Neuroendocrine Immune Network
PublisherCRC Press
Pages85-102
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9781351085649
ISBN (Print)0849346258, 9781315898094
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine
  • General Neuroscience

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