Role of the hepatic parenchyma in liver transplant tolerance: A paradigm revisited

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-401

  Benseler, Volker ^a   Tay, Szun Szun ^b   Bowen, David G ^b   Bertolino, Patrick ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Liver; T cells; Tolerance; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DONOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECIPIENT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 80052499487     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329802     Document Type: Article

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