(1)The role of anti-non-Gal antibodies in xenograft rejection in a pig-to-baboon kidney transplantation model

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-186

  Yang, Hongji ^a   Zhong, Robert ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BABOON; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33947421605     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2007.00386_8.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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