Graft tolerance: A duel of two signals

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 616-617

  Matzinger, Polly ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; LIGAND; TACROLIMUS;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MUTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0032996618     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9458     Document Type: Short Survey

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