Evidence that tilapia islets do not express α-(1,3)gal: Implications for islet xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 276-283

  Leventhal, Joseph R ^a,e   Sun, JingDong ^a   Zhang, Jenny ^a   Galili, Uri ^b   Chong, Anita ^c   Baker, Marshall ^a   Kaufman, Dixon B ^a   Wright Jr , James R ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

(1,3)gal; Islet transplant; Rejection; Tilapia; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSE; ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; EPITOPE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; LECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TELEOST; TILAPIA; WILD TYPE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; DISACCHARIDES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, NUDE; TILAPIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 2442555253     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2004.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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