Differential immune responses to α-gal epitopes on xenografts and allografts: Implications for accommodation in xenotransplantation

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-310

  Tanemura, Masahiro ^a   Yin, Dengping ^a   Chong, Anita S ^a   Galili, Uri ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 39; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PEPTIDE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CELL MEMBRANE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0033975551     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI7358     Document Type: Article

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