Alteration of Innate Immunity by Donor IL-6 Deficiency in a Presensitized Heart Transplant Model

Fangmin Ge; Shunzong Yuan; Lida Su; Zhonghua Shen; Aibin He; Tao Huang; Weihua Gong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077559

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Alteration of Innate Immunity by Donor IL-6 Deficiency in a Presensitized Heart Transplant Model

Fangmin Ge ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fangmin Ge, Shunzong Yuan, Lida Su

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Medicine, Transplant International Research Centre (TIRC), Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, People's Republic of China
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Shunzong Yuan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fangmin Ge, Shunzong Yuan, Lida Su

Affiliations Department of Lymphoma, Affiliated Hospital of Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lida Su ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fangmin Ge, Shunzong Yuan, Lida Su

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Medicine, Transplant International Research Centre (TIRC), Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, People's Republic of China
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Zhonghua Shen,

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Medicine, Transplant International Research Centre (TIRC), Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, People's Republic of China
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Aibin He,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Tao Huang,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Weihua Gong

* E-mail: weihua.gong@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Medicine, Transplant International Research Centre (TIRC), Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, People's Republic of China
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Alteration of Innate Immunity by Donor IL-6 Deficiency in a Presensitized Heart Transplant Model

Fangmin Ge,
Shunzong Yuan,
Lida Su,
Zhonghua Shen,
Aibin He,
Tao Huang,
Weihua Gong

Published: October 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077559

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