No evidence for involvement of donor NK cells in liver transplant tolerance

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-139

  van Leest, Yvette ^a,b   Moroso, Viviana ^b   Wang, Chuanmin ^a   Tay, Szun Szun ^a   Cunningham, Eithne ^a   Ilie, Victor ^a   Bishop, Alex ^a   Kwekkeboom, Jaap ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; NK cells; Rat LTX; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; T CELL DEPLETION;

ANIMALS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RATS; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 78650309869     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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