Intrathymic inoculation of donor antigen: An ineffective strategy for prolonging xenograft survival

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-154

  Tran, Hanh M ^a   Patel, Anita ^a   Allen, R D M ^a   O'Connell, Philip J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti mouse lymphocyte serum; Islets intrathymic inoculation; Tolerance; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DONOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0033057386     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.1999.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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