Rejection of guinea pig cardiac xenografts post-cobra venom factor therapy is associated with infiltration by mononuclear cells secreting interferon-gamma and diffuse endothelial activation

Transplant Proc. 1993 Oct;25(5):2932.

Authors

W W Hancock¹, M L Blakely, W Van der Werf, F H Bach

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Immunology, Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 8212288

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Heterophile / isolation & purification
Elapid Venoms / pharmacology*
Endothelium, Vascular / pathology
Graft Rejection / etiology*
Graft Rejection / pathology
Graft Rejection / prevention & control
Guinea Pigs
Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
Heart Transplantation / immunology
Heart Transplantation / pathology
Immunoglobulin M / isolation & purification
Interferon-gamma / metabolism
Leukocytes, Mononuclear / immunology
Leukocytes, Mononuclear / pathology
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Splenectomy
Transplantation, Heterologous

Substances

Antibodies, Heterophile
Elapid Venoms
Immunoglobulin M
cobra venom factor
Interferon-gamma