Pittman K, Thomas F, McFadden T, Haisch C, Thomas J
Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina.
Transplant Proc. 1993 Feb;25(1 Pt 2):986-7.
These results suggest that DSG and RATG are an especially favored combination in reducing PNF of discordant pig islet xenografts, probably related to the effect of DSG on the macrophage, humoral antibody, or blockade of NK cell activity. More effective immunosuppression such as demonstrated in this study could well be critical in permitting the application on discordant islet xenografts to human clinical diabetes.