- Zhang, Jieqiong;
- Tsukui, Tatsuya;
- Wu, Xiumin;
- Brito, Alyssa;
- Trumble, John Maxwell;
- Caraballo, Juan C;
- Allen, Greg M;
- Zavala-Solorio, José;
- Zhang, Chunlian;
- Paw, Jonathan;
- Lim, Wendell A;
- Geng, Jiefei;
- Kutskova, Yuliya;
- Freund, Adam;
- Kolumam, Ganesh;
- Sheppard, Dean;
- Cohen, Robert L
Immunological targeting of pathological cells has been successful in oncology and is expanding to other pathobiological contexts. Here, we present a flexible platform that allows labeling cells of interest with the surface-expressed model antigen ovalbumin (OVA), which can be eliminated via either antigen-specific T cells or newly developed OVA antibodies. We demonstrate that hepatocytes can be effectively targeted by either modality. In contrast, pro-fibrotic fibroblasts associated with pulmonary fibrosis are only eliminated by T cells in initial experiments, which reduced collagen deposition in a fibrosis model. This new experimental platform will facilitate development of immune-based approaches to clear potential pathological cell types in vivo.