Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 745-747 , May 2002

Addition of an IL-15 mutant/FCγ2A antagonist protein protects islet allografts from rejection overriding costimulation blockade

  • S. Ferrari-Lacraz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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  • X.X. Zheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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  • Y.S. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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  • W. Maslinski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA
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  • T.B. Strom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Terry B. Strom, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, RN 380, 99 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA

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 This work was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship grant from the Fondation des Bourses en Médecine et Biologie and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SFL), by grants from JDF international 1-1999-317 (XXZ), the JFD Islet Transplantation Center at Harvard Medical School, and by National Institute of Health grant 1PO AI GF41521 and ROI AI42298 (TBS).

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Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 745-747 , May 2002

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