In vivo study of T-cell responses to skin alloantigens in Xenopus using a novel whole-mount immunohistology method

Transplantation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-166

  Ramanayake, Thaminda ^a   Simon, David A L ^a   Frelinger, John G ^a   Lord, Edith M ^a   Robert, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Minor H antigen; Skin graft rejection; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; ANTIBODY; FLUORESCENT DYE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GRAFT FAILURE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; KINETICS; LANGERHANS CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN INJURY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; XENOPUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOANTIGENS; KINETICS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33846626800     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000250562.35175.06     Document Type: Article

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