IMMUNOMODULATION IN TRANSPLANTATION WITH PHOTOPHERESIS

Authors
BARR ML
Citation
Ml. Barr, IMMUNOMODULATION IN TRANSPLANTATION WITH PHOTOPHERESIS, Artificial organs, 20(8), 1996, pp. 971-973
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
Artificial organs → ACNP
ISSN journal
0160564X
Volume
20
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
971 - 973
Database
ISI
SICI code
0160-564X(1996)20:8<971:IITWP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Photopheresis is a technique in which peripheral blood mononuclear cel ls, in the presence of a photoactivatable compound, are exposed extrac orporeally to ultraviolet A light and reinfused, inducing a host autor egulatory immune response. Experimental work and ongoing clinical stud ies are helping to define the role of this novel, safe, and non-toxic immunomodulating technology in the field of transplantation.