Minor H, rather than MHC, alloantigens offer the greater barrier to successful orthotopic corneal transplantation in mice

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-56

  Sano, Yoichiro ^a   Ksander, Bruce R ^a   Streilein, J Wayne ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXTERNAL EAR; GRAFT REJECTION; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; SUTURE;

EID: 0029977648     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-3274(96)80035-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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