immune system
• cyclosporin A and rapamycin treatment result in decreased expression of IL-2, IFNG, and decreased expression of chemokines CCL2 and CXCL10 in engrafted homozygotes compared to similarly treated wild-type mice
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• about 50% of homozygotes given a subtherapeutic regimen of cyclosporin A survive over 30 days longer after transplantation of hearts from BALB/c donors unlike wild-type mice which survive only 1-2 days longer with cyclosporin A treatment
• rapamycin therapy led to permanent cardiac allograft engraftment and in about 70% of homozygotes permanent islet allograft engraftment, unlike in wild-type mice where rapamycin treatment resulted in a maximum increase in survival of 12 days (cardiac) or 2 weeks (islet)
• homozygous mutants that receive cardiac allografts with CD154 mAb treatment survive indefinitely while wild-type mice display end-stage rejection at 50 days post-transplant
• in a model of MHC class II disparity homozygotes do not display severe transplant arteriosclerosis or interstitial fibrosis unlike wild-type mice
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