Open AccessCorrelation of Donor Leukocyte Chimerism With Pulmonary Allograft Survival After Immunosuppressive Drug Withdrawal in a Porcine Model
Author(s) -
B. Kruse,
S. Thissen,
G. Warnecke,
M. Avşar,
Jens Gottlieb,
Jens M. Hohlfeld,
Johann H. Karstens,
Volkhard Kaever,
Florian Länger,
Brigitte Pabst,
Hendrik Ungefroren,
Axel Haverich,
Martin Strüber
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181a3c4cb
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , bronchoalveolar lavage , medicine , transplantation , lung transplantation , immunology , lung , flow cytometry , gastroenterology
This study was designed to analyze the role of postoperative donor cell chimerism for the induction and maintenance of transplantation tolerance in a porcine lung transplantation model.