Neural progenitor cells lack immunogenicity and resist destruction as allografts

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-273

  Hori, Junko ^a,b   Streilein, J Wayne ^a   Young, Michael J ^a   Ng, Tat Fong ^a   Shatos, Marie ^c   Klassen, Henry ^c  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Stem Cell Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Anergy; MHC; Neural; Stem cells; Suppression; Tolerance; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; KIDNEY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 35748967014     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940701382242     Document Type: Article

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