Graft rejection in the xenogeneic transplantation of mice: Diagnosis with in vivo MR imaging using the homing trait of macrophages

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 218-224

  Mun, Han Song ^a   Kang, Hee Jung ^b   Lim, Keun Ho ^a   Sohn, Jin Young ^a   Chang, Hyeujin ^a   Lee, Kyoung Geun ^c   Lee, Jin Seong ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Graft rejection; Macrophages; Magnetic resonance imaging; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINE CCL2; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GRAFT REJECTION; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRACHEA; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC;

EID: 50949100914     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2008.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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