Alloimmune-Mediated Vascular Remodeling of Human Coronary Artery Grafts in Immunodeficient Mouse Recipients Is Independent of Preexisting Atherosclerosis
Wang Y, Ahmad U, Yi T, Zhao L, Lorber MI, Pober JS, Tellides G. Alloimmune-Mediated Vascular Remodeling of Human Coronary Artery Grafts in Immunodeficient Mouse Recipients Is Independent of Preexisting Atherosclerosis. Transplantation 2007, 83: 1501-1505. PMID: 17565324, DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000264560.51845.67.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmunodeficient mouse recipientsHuman coronary artery graftsCoronary artery graftsVascular remodelingArtery graftCoronary atherosclerosisMouse recipientsAllogeneic human peripheral blood mononuclear cellsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsBlood mononuclear cellsArterial injuryGraft arteriosclerosisIntimal injuryLuminal lossImmunosuppressive drugsLumen lossMononuclear cellsIntimal thickeningClinical studiesIntimal expansionAtherosclerotic lesionsOrgan donorsChimeric modelAtherosclerosis