A given number of effector T cells can only destroy a limited number of target cells in graft rejection

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 111-116

  Zheng, Peiguo ^a   Yang, Yong ^a   Li, Songgang ^a   Li, Jiyu ^a   Gong, Wei ^a   Quan, Zhiwei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Clonal deletion; T cell; Tolerance; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLEEN CELL; TARGET CELL; THYMUS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONAL DELETION; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77953916103     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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