Tissue expression of human complement inhibitor, decay-accelerating factor, in transgenic pigs: A potential approach for preventing Xenograft rejection

Transplantation

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1325-1333

  Rosengard, Ariella M ^a   Cary, Nat R B ^b   Langford, Gillian A ^c   Tucker, Alexander W ^c   Wallwork, John ^b   White, David J G ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD55; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWINE;

EID: 0029057985     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199505150-00018     Document Type: Article

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