Differential galactose α(1,3) galactose expression by porcine cardiac vascular endothelium

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-172

  Chen, Raymond H ^a   Mitchell, Richard N ^a   Kadner, Alexander ^a   Adams, David H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gal; Heart; Pig primate; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; EPITOPE; GALACTOSE ALPHA1-3 GALACTOSE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; EPITOPE MAPPING; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISACCHARIDES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITOPES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCARDIUM; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0032841886     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.1999.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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