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· Background: Onset of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) is believed to involve a CD4-positive type 1 T helper cell (Th1) immune response, with inhibition involving a Th2 immune response. Development of Th1 and Th2 responses involves the participation of the costimulatory molecules B7-1 and B7-2, respectively. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of B7-1 and B7-2 in the EAU model in mice. · Methods: B10.A mice were immunized with interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) and given daily intraperitoneal injections of either phosphate-buffered saline (control), mouse monoclonal antibody (mAb) to B7-1, mAb to B7-2, or mAb to both B7-1 and B7-2. Eyes were evaluated by histopathological criteria and cytokines were assayed in culture medium of IRBP-stimulated lymphocytes. Cellular immune responses were measured by cell proliferation assay under IRBP stimulation. · Results: Rates of EAU onset were 5/10 (50%) for control mice, 1/9 (11%) for mice treated with anti-B7-1 mAb, 5/6 (83%) for mice treated with anti-B7-2 mAb, and 2/6 (33%) for mice treated with both anti-B7-1 and anti-B7-2 mAb. Mean histopathological severity scores were 2.4±0.8, 1.0±0, 2.6±1.0, and 1.0±0, respectively. Production of IL-5 was significantly increased in mice treated with anti-B7-1 mAb, while IFN-γ was increased in mice treated with anti-B7-2 mAb. Spleen cell proliferation was significantly reduced in mice treated with anti-B7-1 mAb. · Conclusions: These results suggest that the costimulatory molecules B7-1 and B7-2, via their influence on generating Th1 and Th2 immune responses, play an important role in the clinical outcome of EAU in mice immunized with IRBP.
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Received: 29 September 1998 Revised version received: 5 February 1999 Accepted: 18 February 1999
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Fukai, T., Okada, A., Sakai, J. et al. The role of costimulatory molecules B7-1 and B7-2 in mice with experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 237, 928–933 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004170050388
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