Pretransplant antithymocyte globulin has increased efficacy in controlling donor-reactive memory T cells in mice

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 589-599

  Ayasoufi, K ^a   Yu, H ^a   Fan, R ^a   Wang, X ^a   Williams, J ^b   Valujskikh, A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antithymocyte globulin; lymphoablation; memory T cells

Indexed keywords

THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RABBITS; SURVIVAL RATE; T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR SPECIFICITY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84874440961     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12068     Document Type: Article

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