Primary nonfunction of islet xenografts in rat recipients results from non-T-cell-mediated immune responses

Transplant Proc. 1997 May;29(3):1726-7. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(97)00032-8.

Authors

S Deng¹, R J Ketchum, T Kucher, M Weber, A Naji, K L Brayman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA.

PMID: 9142249
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(97)00032-8

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Antilymphocyte Serum / therapeutic use
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / surgery*
Dogs
Graft Survival*
Immunosuppression Therapy / methods
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / immunology*
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / physiology
Lymphocytes / immunology*
Macrophages / immunology
Nitric Oxide / physiology
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Rats, Nude
Transplantation, Heterologous / immunology*
Transplantation, Heterologous / physiology

Substances

Antilymphocyte Serum
Blood Glucose
Nitric Oxide