Flt3L Combined with Rapamycin Promotes Cardiac Allograft Tolerance by Inducing Regulatory Dendritic Cells and Allograft Autophagy in Mice

Ali Xiong; Lihua Duan; Jie Chen; Zhigang Fan; Fang Zheng; Zheng Tan; Feili Gong; Min Fang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046230

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Flt3L Combined with Rapamycin Promotes Cardiac Allograft Tolerance by Inducing Regulatory Dendritic Cells and Allograft Autophagy in Mice

Ali Xiong,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Lihua Duan,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Jie Chen,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Zhigang Fan,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Fang Zheng,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Zheng Tan,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Feili Gong ,

* E-mail: minfang89@mail.hust.edu.cn (MF); flgong@163.com (FG)

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Min Fang

* E-mail: minfang89@mail.hust.edu.cn (MF); flgong@163.com (FG)

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Flt3L Combined with Rapamycin Promotes Cardiac Allograft Tolerance by Inducing Regulatory Dendritic Cells and Allograft Autophagy in Mice

Ali Xiong,
Lihua Duan,
Jie Chen,
Zhigang Fan,
Fang Zheng,
Zheng Tan,
Feili Gong,
Min Fang

Published: October 2, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046230

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