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Permanent acceptance of mouse cardiac allografts with CD40 siRNA to induce regulatory myeloid cells by use of a novel polysaccharide siRNA delivery system
The CD40/CD154 co-stimulatory pathway is crucial in alloimmune response. We developed a novel small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery system with a poly-dA extension at the 5′-end of the siRNA sense strand that...
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Electroporation-mediated HGF gene transfection protected the kidney against graft injury
The annual rate of kidney graft loss caused by chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) has not improved over the past decade. Recent reports suggest that acute renal ischemia results in development of CAN. The goa...
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Clinocopathological evaluation in non-episode biopsies of renal transplant allograft
Histopathological findings in renal allograft with stable function remain unclear. We therefore performed non-episode biopsy in the long-surviving renal allograft to investigate the histopathological changes....
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Low-dose tacrolimus (FK506)-based immunosuppressive protocol in living donor renal transplantation
In order to avoid the side effects of tacrolimus (FK506), a low-dose FK506-based regimen was started from 1 June 1991. The dose was adjusted to maintain the FK506 whole blood trough level at 15–20 ng/ml for 7...