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Activation of T cells in response to alloantigen presentation occurs in the context of donor antigen presenting cells (direct pathway) or host antigen-presenting cells (indirect pathway). The relative role of each pathway in eliciting an alloimmune response and its potential for rejection of the nerve allograft model has not previously been investigated. The objective of this investigation was to study the effect of progressive periods of cold nerve allograft preservation on antigen presentation and the alloimmune response.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The authors used wild type C57Bl\/6 (B6), BALB\/c, and major histocompatibility Class II\u2013deficient (MHC\u2212\/\u2212) C57Bl\/6 mice as both nerve allograft recipients and donors. A nonvascularized nerve allograft was used to reconstruct a 1-cm sciatic nerve gap. Progressive cold preservation of donor nerve allografts was used. Quantitative assessment was made after 3 weeks using nerve histomorphometry.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The donor-recipient combination lacking a functional direct pathway (BALB\/c host with MHC\u2212\/\u2212 graft) rejected nerve allografts as vigorously as wild-type animals. Without an intact indirect pathway (MHC\u2212\/\u2212 host with BALB\/c graft), axonal regeneration was improved (p &lt; 0.052). One week of cold allograft preservation did not improve regeneration to any significant degree in any of the donor-recipient combinations. Four weeks of cold preservation did improve regeneration significantly (p &lt; 0.05) for all combinations compared with wild-type animals without pretreatment. However, only in the presence of an intact indirect pathway (no direct pathway) did 4 weeks of cold preservation improve regeneration significantly compared with 1 week and no preservation in the same donorrecipient combination.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The indirect pathway may be the predominant route of antigen presentation in the unmodified host response to the nerve allograft. Prolonged duration of cold nerve allograft preservation is required to significantly attenuate the rejection response. 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