Chimerism and tetragametic chimerism in humans: Implications in autoimmunity, allorecognition and tolerance

Immunologic Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 213-236

  Yunis, Edmond J ^a,b,d   Zuniga, Joaquin ^a,b,c   Romero, Viviana ^a   Yunis, Emilio J ^a,b,d  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^d Servicios Medicos Yunis Turbay y Cia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Allorecognition; Allotransplantation; Autoimmunity; Chimerism; Thymic selection; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL CLONE; CHIMERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FUSION GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GONAD; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEDIATOR; MICROCHIMERISM; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEXUALITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CATTLE; CHIMERISM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FREEMARTINISM; GENETIC MARKERS; GERM CELLS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 35348917174     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-007-0013-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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