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2031280

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
In vitro pretreatment of islets of Langerhans with deoxyguanosine (dGuo) has been shown to be effective for the prolongation of islet allograft survival in rats. [This study evaluates the effect of pretreatment of islets with dGuo transplanted into CsA-treated recipients.] Transplantation of dGuo-treated islets from Wistar rats into diabetic hooded (PVG) rats resulted in 36% graft survival without immunosuppression (dGuo-group) and 89% islet survival after a short course of cyclosporine was used in recipients (dGuo + CsA group). In contrast, transplantation of untreated islets into rats without immunosuppression (controls) and with CsA (CsA group) immunosuppression resulted in 0 and 56% survival, respectively. The differences in graft survival between dGuo versus control group (P less than 0.001), (dGuo + CsA) versus control group (P less than 0.0001), and CsA versus control group (P less than 0.002) are statistically significant. Donor-strain skin-graft challenge failed to induce rejection of transplanted normoglycemic rats in (dGuo) and (dGuo + CsA) groups. The results indicate that a state of immunologic unresponsiveness may have been induced in the recipients of dGuo-treated islets, and further treatment with CsA synergistically prolongs islet survival in fully mismatched rats.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0041-1337
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
967-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Prolongation of allograft survival in diabetic rats treated with cyclosporine by deoxyguanosine pretreatment of pancreatic islets of Langerhans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Organ Transplantation and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't