%0 Journal Article %T Costimulation blockade in pig artery patch xenotransplantation - a simple model to monitor the adaptive immune response in nonhuman primates. %D 2012 %@ 0908-665X %U http://hdl.handle.net/10906/78507 %X BACKGROUND: CD154 blockade-based immunosuppression successfully prevents both humoral and cellular adaptive immune responses in baboons receiving α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout (GTKO) pig organs. Using a GTKO pig artery transplantation model in baboons, we evaluated the efficacy of CD28/B7 costimulatory pathway blockade in comparison with CD154 blockade. %K Ciencias socio biomédicas %K Medical sciences %K Anticuerpos %K Trasplante %K Arteria %K Xenotrasplantes %~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN