Article
Modulation of alloreactivity in transplant recipients by phenotypic manipulation of donor endothelium.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 May 1995
Quigley R L, Switzer S S, Victor T A, Goldschmidt R A, Salinger M H, Arentzen C E, Alexander J C, Anderson R W
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic manipulation of allograft endothelium to reduce immunogenicity would have a significant impact on transplantation. In this study we have demonstrated that random seeding of a heart allograft with endothelium, of host origin, not only promotes long-term survival, but reduces the requirement for pharmacologic immunosuppression. We propose that this simple technology could easily be extrapolated to the...
Topics
- Animals
- Endothelium
- Heart Transplantation
- Immunosuppression Therapy
- Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed
- Myocardium
- Phenotype
- Random Allocation
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred BN
- Rats, Inbred Lew
