Effect of αgal on corneal xenotransplantation in a mouse model

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 176-182

  Choi, Hyuk Jin ^a,b   Kim, Mee Kum ^b,c,f   Lee, Hyun Ju ^b,c   Jeong, So Hee ^b,c   Kang, Hee Jung ^d   Park, Chan Sik ^e   Park, Chung Gyu ^f   Joon Kim, Sang ^f   Wee, Won Ryang ^b,c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Biomedical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gal; anti Gal antibody mediated rejection; corneal xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSITIZATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; GALACTOSIDES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RABBITS; RATS; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 79959730212     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2011.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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