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Developing clinically translatable chimerism induction protocols in a stringent murine model
DownloadSpring 2020
Allogeneic hematopoietic chimerism induction via bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is thus far the most robust method for inducing donor antigen specific tolerance to allogeneic grafts. However, limited by the toxicity of the reagents used in conditioning the recipients, the demand of a high dose...
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Fall 2009
Islet transplantation has the potential to be an effective treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes. However, a shortage of human donor islets and the need for continuous immunosuppressive therapy currently limit this therapy to patients with brittle type 1 diabetes. Neonatal pigs may...
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Fall 2013
The hepatitis C virus leads to chronic infection in the majority of infected individuals; however, in a minority of patients, acute infection is followed by viral clearance. The immune correlates of viral clearance are not yet clear, but have been extensively investigated, suggesting the role of...