The role of cyclosporine and mycophenolate in an orthotopic porcine-to-rat corneal xenotransplantation

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 492-501

  Hyeon, Il Lee ^a,b   Mee, Kum Kim ^a,c,d   Joo, Youn Oh ^a,c   Jung, Hwa Ko ^a,c   Hyun, Ju Lee ^a,c   Won, Ryang Wee ^a,c   Jin, Hak Lee ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University Biomedical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cornea; Immunosuppression; Rats; Swine; Transplantation, heterologous

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SWINE; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CYCLOSPORINE; CYTOKINES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NEUTROPHILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 46849105253     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2008.23.3.492     Document Type: Article

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