Am J Transplant, Volume 19, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 214 of 214 - ATC Abstracts

2019 American Transplant Congress
Xenorejection of Porcine Islets in Humanized Mice is Dominated by a Human Th17 Cytokine Immune Response
F. T. Lee¹, A. Dangi², M. Burnette², B. Hering³, X. Luo²
¹Transplant Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Nephrology, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: We have previously shown that interleukin(IL)-17 producing CD4 T cells (Th17 response) dominate in the early anti-donor immune responses of a pig-to-mouse xenogeneic model…