Articles tagged "Mixed chimerism"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Versus Islet Allograft Survival After Induction of Mixed Chimerism in Nonhuman Primates
T. Oura, D. Ko, J. O'Neil, S. Boskovic, O. Nadazdin, K. Hotta, K. Kawai, B. Cosimi, T. Kawai.
Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Background: We have previously reported a successful induction of mixed chimerism and the long-term acceptance of renal allografts in MHC-mismatched nonhuman primates. In this study,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
T Cell Transfer With iNKT Cell Activation Facilitate Engraftment of Bone Marrow Cells Without GvHD
R. Ishii,¹ T. Hirai,¹ S. Miyairi,¹ M. Ikemiyagi,¹ K. Omoto,¹ Y. Ishii,² K. Tanabe.¹
¹Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ²Laboratory of Vaccine Design, RIKEN IMS-RCAI, Yokohama, Japan.
Contamination of allogenic T cells is considered to be a risk factor of graft versus host disease (GvHD) in bone marrow transplantation (BMT), whereas it…