Role of the thymus in transplantation tolerance in miniature swine. I. Requirement of the thymus for rapid and stable induction of tolerance to class I-mismatched renal allografts

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-506

  Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Gianello, Pierre R ^a   Ierino, Francesco L ^a   Lorf, Thomas ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Meehan, Shane ^a   Colvin, Robert B ^a   Sachs, David H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLOSPORINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERFERON TYPE II; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0030793682     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.4.497     Document Type: Article

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