Thioredoxin priming prolongs lung allograft survival by promoting immune tolerance.

Tolerance to allograft antigen is the major challenge and final goal of transplant medicine. Our previous study demonstrated that thioredoxin-1 (Trx) priming of donor lung significantly protected allogeneic lung graft. To determine whether Trx priming of donor lung inhibits allograft rejection, exte...

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Main Authors: Hanbo Hu, Xiaoyan Zhu, Sunil Joshi, Li Lu, Chang-Qing Xia, Jawaharlal M Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4416780?pdf=render