Triple immunosuppression reduces mononuclear cell infiltration and prolongs graft life in pig-to-newborn baboon cardiac xenotransplantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 998-1006

  Minanov, O P ^a   Artrip, J H ^a   Szabolcs, M ^a   Kwiatkowski, P A ^a   Galili, U ^a   Itescu, S ^a   Michler, R E ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; FIBRIN; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MIXTURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0031978140     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70397-6     Document Type: Article

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