Intrathymic delivery of plasmid-encoding endoplasmic reticulum signal-sequence-deleted MHC class I alloantigen can induce long-term allograft survival

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 458-462

  Spriewald, Bernd M ^a,b   Ensminger, Stephan M ^a   Jenkins, Suzanne ^c   Morris, Peter J ^a   Wood, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac allograft; Operational tolerance; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; INTRATHYMIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLASMIDS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 5444238864     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00147-004-0741-4     Document Type: Article

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