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Use of recombinase activation gene-2 deficient mice to ascertain the role of cellular and humoral immune responses in the development of chronic rejection.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Jul 2002
Sun Hong, Woodward Jennifer E, Subbotin Vladimir M, Kuddus Ruhul, Logar Alison J, Schaefer Adam T, Aitouche Abdelouahab, Rao Abdul S
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INTRODUCTION: Given its multifactorial etiology, the relative contribution of anti-donor cellular and humoral immune responses in the pathogenesis of chronic rejection is as yet ambiguous. We hypothesized that alloreactive T and B cells play a seminal role in the development of this lesion. METHODS: To address this hypothesis, RAG-2(-/-) mice were used as donors and recipients in a well-established murine model...
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