Allograft and xenograft acceptance under FK-506 and other immunosuppressant treatment

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 Jun 23:685:46-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb35849.x.

Abstract

We will focus on two issues, both involving, but not confined to FK-506: first, the meaning of the graft acceptance, which is, after all, the objective of immunosuppression for the transplant surgeon; and second, how to take the next great step of xenotransplantation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Graft Survival / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Tacrolimus / therapeutic use*
  • Transplantation, Heterologous*
  • Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

  • Tacrolimus