Transplantation immunology :methods and protocols /edited by Philip Hornick, Marlene Rose. Humana Press,2006. –(58.17/M592/v.333)

Contents

Contents

1.       Current status of renal transplantation  1

2.       Current status of liver transplantation  29

3.       Current status of clinical islet cell transplantation  47

4.       Current status of lung transplantation  105

5.       Chronic rejection in the heart  131

6.       Direct and indirect allorecognition  145

7.       HLA typing and its influence on organ transplantation  157

8.       Strategies for gene transfer to solid organ: viral vectors  175

9.       nonviral vectors  201

10.   Detection and clinical relevance of antibodies  227

11.   Reprogramming the immune system using antibodies  247

12.   In vitro assays for immune monitoring in transplantation  269

13.   Proteomics and laser microdissection  291

14.   Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction in cardiac transplant research  305

15.   Organ preservation  331

16.   Pharmacological manipulation of the rejection response  375

17.   Experimental models of graft arteriosclerosis  401