2018 American Transplant Congress
Standard Induction Immunosuppression Interferes with the Role of Vascularized Bone Marrow in Vascularized Composite Allograft Protection
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Purpose: Clinical induction therapies have been demonstrated to interfere with the development of immunologic tolerance in experimental models. Vascularized bone marrow (VBM) has been demonstrated…2018 American Transplant Congress
Thymic Irradiation as a Maneuver for Repertoire Exchange in Costimulatory-Blockade-Based Immunotherapy
Background All successful, prospective clinical tolerance-induction strategies have employed thymic irradiation to achieve chimerism. However, evidence suggests durable chimerism is not required to attain tolerance.…
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