A novel approach to "neutralization" of preformed antibodies: cardiac allotransplantation across the ABO blood group barrier as a paradigm of discordant transplantation

Transplant Proc. 1992 Apr;24(2):566-71.

Authors

D K Cooper¹, Y Ye, M Kehoe, M Niekrasz, L L Rolf Jr, M Martin, J Baker, S Kosanke, N Zuhdi, G Worsley, et al.

Affiliation

¹ Oklahoma Transplantation Institute, Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City 73112.

PMID: 1566432

No abstract available

MeSH terms

ABO Blood-Group System / immunology*
Animals
Antibody Formation
Antigen-Antibody Complex
Azathioprine / therapeutic use
Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
Carbohydrate Sequence
Cyclosporine / therapeutic use
Graft Rejection
Heart Transplantation / immunology*
Immunoglobulin M / analysis*
Immunosuppression Therapy / methods
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Models, Biological
Molecular Sequence Data
Papio
Transplantation, Heterologous / immunology
Transplantation, Heterotopic
Transplantation, Homologous / immunology
Trisaccharides / administration & dosage
Trisaccharides / immunology*

Substances

ABO Blood-Group System
Antigen-Antibody Complex
Immunoglobulin M
Trisaccharides
Cyclosporine
Azathioprine
Methylprednisolone