Kinetic analysis of microchimerism induced by intrathymic injection of allogeneic splenocytes in mice

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-37

  Guerra, Nadia ^a   Goettelfinger, Philippe ^a   Lecerf, Florence ^a   Berrih Aknin, Sonia ^a   German Fattal, Michèle ^a  

^a CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

Author keywords

Intrathymic injection; Microchimerism; Nested PCR; SRY gene

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KINETICS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MAST CELL; MICROCHIMERISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THEORY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 0034069783     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-3274(00)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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