Chimerism but not neonatal antigen exposure induces transplant tolerance

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-112

  Peiguo, Z ^a   Shijie, Z ^a   Liang, M ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHIMERA; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMATURE IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IRRADIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MICE; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84864303960     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2012.02711.x     Document Type: Article

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