Pig but not human interferon-γ initiates human cell-mediated rejection of pig tissue in vivo
Sultan P, Murray A, McNiff J, Lorber M, Askenase P, Bothwell A, Pober J. Pig but not human interferon-γ initiates human cell-mediated rejection of pig tissue in vivo. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 8767-8772. PMID: 9238052, PMCID: PMC23121, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.16.8767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsFemaleGraft RejectionHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMice, SCIDRecombinant ProteinsSkin TransplantationSpecies SpecificitySwineTransplantation, HeterologousConceptsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsPig skin graftsCell-mediated rejectionBlood mononuclear cellsIFN-gammaMononuclear cellsSkin graftsDermal microvesselsMajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule expressionT cell-mediated rejectionPerivascular mononuclear cell infiltratesClass II major histocompatibility complex moleculesMononuclear cell infiltrateMajor histocompatibility complex moleculesTumor necrosis factorEvidence of injuryHistocompatibility complex moleculesPig endothelial cellsCell infiltrateIntradermal injectionMolecule expressionSparse infiltrateIntraperitoneal inoculationMouse microvessels