Where is the alloimmune response initiated?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-242

  Lakkis, Fadi G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LYMPHOTOXIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EDITORIAL; EFFECTOR CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISOGRAFT; KNOCKOUT GENE; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MEMORY CELL; PHENOTYPE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; MICE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037353706     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00054.x     Document Type: Editorial

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