The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1637-1643 , June 2010

Orthotopic vascularized right lung transplantation in the mouse

  • Wenjun Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University, St Louis, Mo
    • ,
  • Seiichiro Sugimoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University, St Louis, Mo
    • ,
  • Jiaming Lai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University, St Louis, Mo
    • ,
  • G. Alexander Patterson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University, St Louis, Mo
    • ,
  • Andrew E. Gelman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University, St Louis, Mo
    • Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St Louis, Mo
    • ,
  • Alexander S. Krupnick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University, St Louis, Mo
    • ,
  • Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University, St Louis, Mo
    • Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St Louis, Mo
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD, Departments of Surgery and Pathology and Immunology, Campus Box 8234, 660 South Euclid Ave, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110-1013.

Received 28 July 2009 ,Revised 15 October 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

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 Dr Kreisel is supported by a grant jointly sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (1K08HL083983) and by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1R01HL094601).

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01474-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.019

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1637-1643 , June 2010

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