Role of the thymus and kidney graft in the maintenance of tolerance to heart grafts in miniature swine

Transplantation

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1663-1673

  Mezrich, Joshua D ^a   Benjamin, Louis C ^a   Sachs, Jessica A ^a   Houser, Stuart L ^a   Vagefi, Parsia A ^a   Sachs, David H ^a   Madsen, Joren C ^a   Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anergy; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte; Major histocompatibility complex; Suppression; Tolerance; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN GRAFT; SWINE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GRAFT; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

ANIMALS; CYCLOSPORINE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; NEPHRECTOMY; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 21244442287     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000160679.04441.B7     Document Type: Article

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