Analysis of the Th1/Th2 paradigm in transplantation: Interferon-γ, deficiency converts Th1-type proislet allograft rejection to a Th2-type xenograft-like response

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 365-373

  Simeonovic, Charmaine J ^a   Townsend, Michelle J ^a   Karupiah, Gunasegaran ^a   Wilson, J Dennis ^b   Zarb, Jodie C ^a   Mann, David A ^a   Young, Ian G ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allograft; IFN deficient; Proislet; Rejection; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FETUS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032857229     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096368979900800404     Document Type: Article

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