Effects of T Cell Frequency and Graft Size on Transplant Outcome in Mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 240-247

  He, Chunshui ^a   Schenk, Soren ^a   Zhang, Qiwei ^a   Valujskikh, Anna ^a   Bayer, Jörg ^a   Fairchild, Robert L ^a,b   Heeger, Peter S ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0346734192     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.1.240     Document Type: Article

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