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- The presence of interferon-gamma-like molecules has been reported not only in lymphocytes, but also in certain nerve cells and in normal skeletal muscle. We have studied the reactivity of the anti-interferon-gamma monoclonal antibody DB1 with frozen sections of normal and transplanted rat hearts. Cardiac grafts from PVG donor rats were transplanted to syngeneic PVG recipients or allogeneic Wistar/Kyoto recipient rats with the use of an accessory cervical heart transplantation technique. The allogeneic heart transplants were harvested 4 days and the syngeneic grafts 4 weeks after transplantation. In normal hearts there was a weak but distinct reactivity with the anti-interferon-gamma antibody in most muscle cells. In addition, some lymphocytes and the Purkinje fibers were positive. Hearts transplanted over an allogeneic barrier revealed that staining for interferon-gamma on muscle cells was substantially increased whereas no or only a moderate increase in the anti-interferon-gamma staining was seen in hearts transplanted to syngeneic recipients. These data indicate that interferon-gamma present in rat myocyte may be involved in the pathophysiology of graft rejection and also suggest that interferon-gamma may be of importance for the function of normal rat heart muscle cells.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine (hsv//eng)
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- Animals
- Antibodies
- Monoclonal/immunology
- Graft Rejection/*immunology
- Heart Transplantation/*immunology
- Interferon-gamma/*analysis
- Male
- Myocardium/*chemistry/immunology
- Rats
- Rats
- Inbred Strains
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