Results of gal-knockout porcine thymokidney xenografts

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2669-2678

  Griesemer, A D ^a   Hirakata, A ^a   Shimizu, A ^a   Moran, S ^a   Tena, A ^a   Iwaki, H ^a   Ishikawa, Y ^a   Schule, P ^a   Arn, J S ^a   Robson, S C ^b   Fishman, J A ^a   Sykes, M ^a   Sachs, D H ^a   Yamada, K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; GalT KO; Life supporting renal grafts; Thymus; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; CD2B ANTIBODY; CD40 LIGAND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS GRAFT; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CREATININE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PAPIO; PROTEINURIA; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 72449190098     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02849.x     Document Type: Article

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