The role of regulatory cells in miniature swine rendered tolerant to cardiac allografts by donor kidney cotransplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1107-1115

  Mezrich, Joshua D ^a   Kesselheim, Jared A ^a   Johnston, Douglas R ^a   Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Sachs, David H ^a   Madsen, Joren C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CD25; Heart transplantation; Regulatory cells; Swine; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 0042863287     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-6143.2003.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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