Six- to eight-month survival of discordant pig islet xenografts documented by differential species, insulin, and C-peptide in animals given short-term immunosuppression.
Department of Surgery, University Medical Center, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858.
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Thomas
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D000818:Animals; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D006146:Guanidines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000276:immunology / Q000528:radiation effects; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013552:Swine; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D001786:Blood Glucose; D006146:Guanidines; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; C037258:gusperimus