Articles tagged "Mixed chimerism"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Vascularized Bone Marrow Plays a Critical Role in Inducing Tolerance of Osteomyocutaneous Allografts
C.-H. Lin,¹ M. Anggelia,¹ Y.-L. Wang,¹ H.-Y. Cheng,¹ W. Lee,² G. Brandacher.²
¹Center for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ²Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Vascularized composite allograft (VCA) that includes medullary bone may provide proposed benefits ofvascularized bone marrow transplantation (VBMT), such as a continuous supply of donor…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Late Kidney Graftectomy in Nonhuman Primates (NHPs) Tolerant of Co-Transplanted Heart and Kidney Allografts
M. Tonsho,¹ G. Benichou,¹ R. Smith,² R. Colvin,² J. Madsen.^1,3
¹MGH Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ³Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Co-transplantation of donor kidneys and bone marrow enables the induction of tolerance of allogeneic hearts in NHPs. We have previously demonstrated that the state of…