Effects of pretransplant splenectomy and immunosuppression of humoral immunity in a pig-to-newborn goat cardiac xenograft model.
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Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA.
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Hancock
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Zuppan
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Izutani
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Bailey
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D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000917:Antibody Formation; D018801:CD2 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D006041:Goats; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013156:Splenectomy; D013552:Swine; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis
D018801:CD2 Antigens; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D008727:Methotrexate