Direct MHC Class I Complementary DNA Transfer to Thymus Induces Donor-Specific Unresponsiveness, Which Involves Multiple Immunologic Mechanisms

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 152-158

  Knechtle, Stuart J ^a   Wang, Jue ^b   Graeb, Christian ^b   Zhai, Yuan ^b   Hong, Xuening ^b   Fechner Jr , John H ^b   Geissler, Edward K ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RAT; THYMUS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; DNA; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMMUNITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031179509     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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