Stephen Galli

Publication Details

• The role of recipient mast cells in acute and chronic cardiac allograft rejection in C57BL/6-KitW-sh/W-sh mice.

  Itoh S, Nakae S, Velotta JB, Kosuge H, Connolly A, Tsai M, Adachi H, Galli SJ, Robbins RC, Fischbein MP. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010; 29 (4): 401-9

  Mast cells are hypothesized to promote rejection and adverse remodeling in cardiac allografts. In contrast, it has been reported that mast cells may enhance cardiac allograft survival in rats. We used C57BL/6-Kit(W-sh/W-sh) mast cell-deficient and corresponding wild-type mice to investigate possible contributions of recipient mast cells to acute or chronic cardiac allograft rejection.

  PubMedID: 19818646