The immune status of the myelin deficient rat and its immune responses to transplanted allogeneic glial cells

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 202-211

  Li, Dong Wei ^a   Duncan, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Glial cell transplants; Immune rejection; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN GRAFT; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GLIA CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, INBRED ACI; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032524529     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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