Flow cytometry complement-mediated cytotoxicity assay detects baboon xenoantibodies directed to porcine epitopes undetected by hemolytic assay

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-317

  Diaz, T M ^a   Moscoso, I ^a   Centeno, A ^a   Lopez Pelaez, E ^a   Ortega, D ^a   Domenech N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Non Gal antibody; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HETEROANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABOON; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMOLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITOPES; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PAPIO; SWINE;

EID: 10044281826     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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