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In Vivo Costimulation Blockade-Induced Regulatory T Cells Demonstrate Dominant and Specific Tolerance to Porcine Islet Xenografts.
Transplantation - 1 Jul 2017
Wu Jingjing, Hu Min, Qian Yi Wen, Hawthorne Wayne J, Burns Heather, Liuwantara David, Alexander Stephen I, Yi Shounan, O'Connell Philip J
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BACKGROUND: Although islet xenotransplantation is a promising therapy for type 1 diabetes, its clinical application has been hampered by cellular rejection and the requirement for high levels of immunosuppression. The aim of this study was to determine the role of Foxp3 regulatory T (Treg) cells in costimulation blockade-induced dominant tolerance to porcine neonatal islet cell cluster (NICC) xenografts in mice....
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