Intrathymic immunomodulation and the 'infectious' tolerance pathway in allograft recipients

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Reemtsen, Brian L ^a   Kato, Hirohisa ^a   Wang, Tao S ^a   Busuttil, Ronald W ^a   Kupiec Weglinski, Jerzy W ^a   Goss, John A ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloantibodies; Allograft; Cytokines; Intrathymic modulation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033150235     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1999.5589     Document Type: Article

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