title: Stable mixed chimerism and tolerance to human organ transplants.
abstract: Tolerance to combined kidney and hematopoietic cell transplant has been achieved in humans after establishment of mixed chimerism allowing for the withdrawal of immunosuppressive drugs. The seminal contributions of Ray Owen provided the scientific basis for the human protocol.
authors: a Department of Medicine , Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford , CA , USA.
authors: Samuel
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authors: Strober
mesh_terms: D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D018183:Transplantation Chimera / Q000276:immunology*; D014181:Transplantation Immunology
keywords: human organ transplants; mixed chimerism; tolerance