'Chimeric' grafts assembled from multiple allodisparate donors enjoy enhanced transplant survival

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 473-482

  Saban, D R ^a,c   Chauhan, S K ^a,c   Zhang, X ^a,c   El Annan, J ^a,c   Jin, Y ^a,c   Dana, R ^a,b,c  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft rejection; Allosensitization; Corneal allograft; Immune regulation; Th1; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOREGULATION; ISOGRAFT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 60649095906     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02535.x     Document Type: Article

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