Thymic transplantation in miniature swine. II. Induction of tolerance by transplantation of composite thymokidneys to thymectomized recipients

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3079-3086

  Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Utsugi, Ryu ^a   Ierino, Francesco L ^a   Gargollo, Patricio ^a   Haller, Gary W ^a   Colvin, Robert B ^a   Sachs, David H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SWINE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0034653832     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.6.3079     Document Type: Article

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