Induction of Tolerance: Mechanisms and Implications for Clinical Transplantation

Therapies that promote tolerance will improve outcomes in solid organ transplantation by eliminating the need for long-term immunosuppression. This thesis investigates two possible tolerance induction mechanisms: rapamycin induced expression of regulatory T cells and re-education of the immune syste...

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Main Author: Shyu, Wendy Huei-Ping
Other Authors: Levy, Gary A.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42931