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Direct killing of xenograft cells by CD8+ T cells of discordant xenograft recipients.
Transplantation - 15 Dec 2002
Tanemura Masahiro, Chong Anita S, DiSesa Verdi J, Galili Uri
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Long-term pig xenografts in monkeys demonstrated the infiltration of CD8 T cells into pig cartilage xenografts, transplanted into monkeys. The objective of the present study was to determine in an experimental animal model whether CD8 T cells in pig xenograft recipients exert any direct cytotoxic effect on pig cells. METHODS: The killing of xenograft cells by CD8 T cells, obtained from xenograft...
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