Liposomal encapsulation significantly enchances the immunosuppressive effect of tacrolimus in a discordant islet xenotransplant model

Transplantation

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 710-713

  Yang, Hua ^a,c   McAlister, Vivian C ^a,b,c   Al Jazaeri, Ayman ^a,c   Wright Jr , James R ^a,c,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; STREPTOZOCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCAPSULATION; EOSINOPHIL; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TILAPIA; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0037087630     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200203150-00009     Document Type: Article

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