• 1.Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China;;
  • 2.Department of Hepotabiliary Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China;
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Objective  To summarize the role of costimulatory molecules in inducing immune tolerance of organ transplantation. Methods  Domestic and international publications online involving costimulatory molecules and immune tolerance in recent years were collected and reviewed. Results  The relationship between costimulatory pathways and transplantation immunity has already been clarified in recent years. The main costimulatory molecules alreadly found mainly include B7-CD28/CTLA4, CD40-CD154, 4-1BB/4-1BBL, and ICOS-B7h, etc. Costimulatory pathways com-inhibition or combining with other immunosuppression methods could obtain stable and long lasting immune tolerance. Conclusions  With the development of immunology and molecular biology, costimulatory pathways of T lymphocyte activation will be further interpreted. Other new costimulatory molecules will be discovered in the future, which will afford theory evidence for inducing immune tolerance.

Citation: PENG Yong,GONG Jianping. Costimulatory Molecules and Immune Tolerance. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2010, 17(6): 552-556. doi: Copy