Skin graft of double transgenic pigs of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnT-III) and DAF (CD55) genes survived in cynomolgus monkey for 31 days

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-264

  Fujita, Tatsuya ^a   Miyagawa, Shuji ^b   Ezoe, Kyori ^a   Saito, Tamotsu ^a   Sato, Noriyuki ^a   Takahagi, Yoichi ^c   Murakami, Hiroshi ^c   Matsunami, Katsuyoshi ^b   Shirakura, Ryota ^b   Taniguchi, Naoyuki ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tukuba   (Japan)

Author keywords

DAF (CD55); GnT III; Skin graft; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMEN; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACK; BLISTER; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDERMIS; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; SURVIVAL TIME; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, CD55; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 20844460603     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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