title: [Kidney transplantation in the rat: An institutional technique].
abstract: Kidney transplantation in rats is a classic experimental model used in transplant research. As several methods have been previously reported without definition of a gold standard, we describe herein a simple institutional technique that has been used in more than 500 procedures and taught to medical students or surgeons without previous microsurgical experience. Our step-by-step illustrated report would allow French-speaking trainees to learn how to perform kidney transplantation in rats in a reproducible manner and add this valuable tool to their research protocols.
authors.affiliation: Transplant surgery research laboratory, Division of transplant surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. marc-olivier.timsit@egp.aphp.fr
authors.forename: M-O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Timsit
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Floerchinger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jurisch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mejean
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: G Tullius
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D023421:Models, Animal; D051381:Rats