title: [Study of macrophages infiltrating rat cardiac allografts. 1.--Description of the technique of heterotopic cardiac transplantation in the rat and morphological analysis of the cells infiltrating the graft (author's transl)].
abstract: The technique of heterotopic cardiac transplantation in the rat is described in detail. A simple, nontraumatic method of obtaining cellular prints from the heart is proposed for the study of cells infiltrating the allograft. Analysis of the morphological aspect of the cellular infiltrate present at the time of rejection in a series of allografts revealed a very high proportion of cells belonging to the monocyte-macrophage series, thus suggesting an important role for these cells in the rejection process.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D006084:Graft Rejection; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000032:analysis; D008264:Macrophages / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000032:analysis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology*; D010537:Peritoneum; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
vernacular_title: Etude des macrophages dans les allogreffes cardiaques expérimentales. I.--Description de la technique de greffe de coeur hétérotopique de rat et analyse morphologique des cellules infiltrant le greffon.