Abstract
Isolated glomeruli from Brown-Norway (RT1n) rat kidney were inoculated into the thymus of 6 incompatible Lewis (RT11) rats pretreated for 2 days with 40 mg/kg oral cyclosporin daily and given 2·5 mg/kg subcutaneous dexamethasone at inoculation. 10 days later the left kidney from the Brown-Norway donor used to prepare glomeruli was transplanted orthotopically to the Lewis (RT11) rat that had received intrathymic glomeruli. Donor-specific unresponsiveness allowed the renal allograft to survive indefinitely without further immunosuppression. 6 control Lewis rats treated as above except that medium alone was injected intrathymically rejected a renal allograft within 7-9 days.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 750-752 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Lancet |
Volume | 337 |
Issue number | 8744 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 30 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)