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Immune responses of graft mesenteric lymph node in small bowel transplantation.
The Journal of surgical research - 1 Feb 2004
Kanokogi Hideki, Ko Saiho, Kanehiro Hiromichi, Hisanaga Michiyoshi, Tatekawa Yukihiro, Kanamura Tetsuhiro, Okayama Junji, Nakajima Yoshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The high proportions of lymphoid tissues are thought to be one of the underlying factors inducing severe allograft rejection following small bowel transplantation. Mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) contained in the intestinal graft are not only a source of donor-derived professional antigen-presenting cells, but also offer a field for immune interaction between donor and host cells. We investigated immune...
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