Accelerated arteriosclerosis in aortic grafts: a role for activated complement and IgM antibody in early lesion development

Transplant Proc. 1998 Jun;30(4):1017-9. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)00133-x.

Authors

R A Geerling¹, A A Ansari, A M LaFond-Walker, W A Baumgartner, A Herskowitz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 9636411
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)00133-x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibody Formation
Aorta, Abdominal / immunology
Aorta, Abdominal / pathology
Aorta, Abdominal / transplantation*
Arteriosclerosis / immunology*
Arteriosclerosis / pathology*
Complement Activation*
Immunoglobulin G / biosynthesis
Immunoglobulin M / biosynthesis*
Isoantigens / biosynthesis
Male
Rats
Rats, Inbred BN
Rats, Inbred Lew
Time Factors
Transplantation, Homologous / immunology*
Transplantation, Homologous / pathology*
Transplantation, Isogeneic / immunology
Transplantation, Isogeneic / pathology
Tunica Intima / immunology
Tunica Intima / pathology
Tunica Intima / transplantation

Substances

Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Isoantigens