Anti(lymph)angiogenic Strategies to Improve Corneal Graft Survival

Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde
Felix Bock, Claus Cursiefen

Abstract

Corneal transplantation (keratoplasty) is the most frequently performed form of transplantation worldwide. A rejection reaction against the transplant is the main complication occurring after transplantation in an already vascularized, so-called "high-risk" recipient eye. Our group has shown that clinically invisible lymphatic vessels play a crucial role in the induction of a rejection reaction against the corneal graft, and that anti-(lymph)angiogenic therapies in the mouse model of keratoplasty can significantly improve transplant survival. The underlying mechanisms, which improve transplant survival through anti-lymphangiogenic therapies have not been well understood. We assume that the blockade of lymph vessel sprouting leads to a tolerance (and not to a simple ignorance) of the transplant, in which the antigen-presenting cells are held longer in the cornea and, thus, an immunomodulation of these cells occurs. Therefore, an important goal of our project is to find out whether and when transplant tolerance comes from a corneal anti-lymphangiogenic therapy. We assume that the antigen-presenting cells will have a different maturity level and that more tolerogenic effector cells (regulatory T cells, Tregs) develop in the absenc...Continue Reading

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