Active enhancement of canine liver allograft by pretreatment with polyspecific spleen alloantigen (author's transl)

• Published in: Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie Vol. 344; no. 1; p. 15
• Main Authors: Lie, T S, Holst, A, Kanda, M, Oehr, P, Rau, G S, Biersack, H J, Rommelsheim, K, Grünn, U
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 13.07.1977
• Subjects: Animals; Cadaver; Cell Migration Inhibition; Dogs; Epitopes; Graft Rejection; Immunologic Techniques; Isoantigens - administration & dosage; Isoantigens - isolation & purification; Liver Transplantation; Preoperative Care; Spleen - immunology; Time Factors; Transplantation Immunology; Transplantation, Homologous

Because it is not possible to use donor specific antigens for the induction of immunological enhancement in cadaveric organtransplantation, attempts were made to use polyspecific antigens in the enhancement of orthotopic canine liver allotransplants. Of 34 mongrel recipients, 17 controls survived fo...