Article
Origin of regenerated epithelium in cryopreserved tracheal allotransplantation.
The Annals of thoracic surgery - 1 Jul 1998
Mukaida T, Shimizu N, Aoe M, Andou A, Date H, Moriyama S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Our previous study showed that a cryopreserved tracheal allograft could be transplanted using omentopexy without immunosuppression. The present study investigated, by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method, whether the regenerated epit...
Topics
- Anastomosis, Surgical
- Animals
- Bronchoscopy
- Cell Movement
- Cryopreservation
- DNA
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dogs
- Epithelial Cells
- Follow-Up Studies
- Graft Survival
- Immunosuppression Therapy
- Omentum
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Regeneration
- Survival Rate