Fas Ligand Exists on Intervertebral Disc Cells: A Potential Molecular Mechanism for Immune Privilege of the Disc

The Fas Death Factor

1995 • 4,070 citations

Molecular cloning and expression of the fas ligand, a novel member of the tumor necrosis factor family

1993 • 2,546 citations

Fas Ligand-Induced Apoptosis as a Mechanism of Immune Privilege

1995 • 2,028 citations

Fas(CD95)/FasL interactions required for programmed cell death after T-cell activation

1995 • 1,549 citations

Generalized lymphoproliferative disease in mice, caused by a point mutation in the fas ligand

1994 • 1,549 citations

A role for CD95 ligand in preventing graft rejection

1995 • 1,184 citations

Preliminary Evaluation of a Scheme for Grading the Gross Morphology of the Human Intervertebral Disc

1990 • 841 citations

Expression of the functional soluble form of human fas ligand in activated lymphocytes.

1995 • 656 citations

The Inflammatory Effect of Nucleus Pulposus

1987 • 538 citations

Fas ligand expression in islets of Langerhans does not confer immune privilege and instead targets them for rapid destruction

1997 • 453 citations

The Natural History of Herniated Nucleus Pulposus With Radiculopathy

1996 • 411 citations

Caspase 1-independent IL-1β release and inflammation induced by the apoptosis inducer Fas ligand

1998 • 377 citations

Transgenic expression of CD95 ligand on islet β cells induces a granulocytic infiltration but does not confer immune privilege upon islet allografts

1997 • 373 citations

Inflammatogenic Properties of Nucleus Pulposus

1995 • 352 citations

1999 Volvo Award Winner in Basic Science Studies

1999 • 348 citations

Immunohistologic Study of the Ruptured Intervertebral Disc of the Lumbar Spine

1996 • 258 citations

FasL (CD95L, Apo1L) is expressed in the normal rat and human brain: Evidence for the existence of an immunological brain barrier

1999 • 222 citations

Expression of Fas ligand by human cytotrophoblasts: implications in placentation and fetal survival.

1996 • 181 citations

AUTO-IMMUNE RESPONSE TO NUCLEUS PULPOSUS IN THE RABBIT

1965 • 176 citations

Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer to Nucleus Pulposus Cells

1998 • 175 citations

Immune privilege or inflammation? Insights into the Fas ligand enigma

2001 • 159 citations

Upregulated Expression of Chemokines in Herniated Nucleus Pulposus Resorption

1996 • 154 citations

The Involvement of Matrix Metalloproteinases and Inflammation in Lumbar Disc Herniation

1998 • 143 citations

Expression of Fas Ligand and Apoptosis of Disc Cells in Herniated Lumbar Disc Tissue

2001 • 139 citations

Influence of Macrophage Infiltration of Herniated Disc Tissue on the Production of Matrix Metalloproteinases Leading to Disc Resorption

2001 • 138 citations

Accelerated Rejection of FAS Ligand-Expressing Heart Grafts

1999 • 91 citations

Presence and Distribution of Antigen-Antibody Complexes in the Herniated Nucleus Pulposus

1999 • 87 citations