CHIMERISM AFTER ORGAN-TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
STARZL TE DEMETRIS AJ MURASE N TRUCCO M THOMSON AW RAO AS FUNG JJ
Citation
Te. Starzl et al., CHIMERISM AFTER ORGAN-TRANSPLANTATION, Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, 6(3), 1997, pp. 292-298
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology","Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension → ACNP
ISSN journal
10624821
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
292 - 298
Database
ISI
SICI code
1062-4821(1997)6:3<292:CAO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Recent evidence suggests that: passenger leukocytes migrate after orga n transplantation and produce persistent chimerism, which is essential for sustained survival of the allograft, Here, we describe how this h ematolymphopoietic chimerism provides an important framework for inter pretation of post-transplant phenomena and for initiation of therapeut ically oriented transplantation research.