Mixed chimerism induced without lethal conditioning prevents T cell- and anti-Galα1,3Gal-mediated graft rejection

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-290

  Ohdan, Hideki ^a   Yang, Yong Guang ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Swenson, Kirsten G ^a   Sykes, Megan ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; GENE DELETION; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032728567     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI6656     Document Type: Article

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