Allogeneic sensitization is more effective than xenogeneic sensitization in eliciting Gal-mediated skin graft rejection

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 751-753

  Gock, Hilton ^a   Murray Segal, Lisa ^a   Salvaris, Evelyn ^a   Cowan, Peter ^a,b   D'Apice, Anthony J F ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; T LYMPHOCYTE; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HETEROPHILE; DISACCHARIDES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; ISOANTIGENS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 1642348620     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000116420.17173.E4     Document Type: Article

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