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Abstracts 

Kawai T, Sachs DH, Spitzer T, Sykes M, Tolkoff-Rubin N, Delmonico F, Saidman S, Shaffer J, Dey B, McAfee S, Williams W, Ko D, Hertl M, Goes N, Wong W, Colvin RB, Cosimi AB. Combined kidney and bone marrow transplantation for induction of mixed chimerism and renal allograft tolerance in HLA mismatched transplantation. [Abstract 1217] American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, May 14-19, 2004. [Abstract]

Shaffer JM, Kawai T, Fudaba Y, Cosimi AB, Saidman S, Preffer F, Dombkowski D, Delmonico F, McAfee S, Rubin-Tolkoff N, Dey B, Spitzer TR, Sachs DH, Sykes M. Mechanisms of donor-specific unresponsiveness in tolerant recipient of combined non-myeloablative HLA-mismatched bone marrow and kidney transplantation. [Abstract 526] American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, May 14-19, 2004. [Abstract]

Mazariegos GV, Zahorchak A, Reyes J, Chapman H, Girnita A, McDade K, Zeevi A, Thompson A. Immunologic Assays in Patients Successfully Withdrawn from Immunosuppression (IS) after Liver Transplantation. [Abstract 521] American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, May 14-19, 2004. [Abstract]

Mazariegos GV, Zahorchak A, Zeevi A, Flynn B, Logar AJ, Reyes J, Thomson A. Dendritic cell subsets in peripheral blood of patients successfully withdrawn from immunosuppression after liver transplantation (LTx). [Abstract 644] American Transplant Congress, Washington DC, May30 - Jun 4, 2003. [Abstract]

Fudaba Y, Shaffer JM, Kraus A, Cosimi AB, Delmonico FL, Dey B, Kawai T, McAfee S, Preffer F, Tolkoff-Rubin N, Sachs DH, Saidman SL, Spitzer TR, Sykes M. Alloresponses in tolerant recipients of combined kidney/bone marrow transplantation with non-myeloablative conditioning. [Abstract 640] American Transplant Congress, Washington, DC, May 30-June 4, 2003. [Abstract]

Sykes, M. Mixed chimerism: from bench to bedside [Plenary Lecture - Abstract 0631] XIX Int'l Congress Transplantation, Miami, FL, Aug 25-30, 2002. [Abstract]

Mazariegos G, Zeevi A, Zahorchuk AF, Ostrowski L, Flynn B, Logar AJ, Dvorchik I, Reyes J, Thomson AW. Myeloid pDC1 is decreased as compared to plasmacytoid pDC2 lineage in peripheral blood of patients successfully withdrawn from immunosuppression after liver transplantation [Abstract 65] XIX Int'l Congress Transplantation, Miami, FL, Aug 25-30, 2002. [Abstract]

Wood K. Towards clinical tolerance: Regulatory Mechanisms. [Plenary Lecture] XIX Int'l Congress Transplantation, Miami, FL, Aug 25-30, 2002. [Abstract]

Seyfert-Margolis V, Implication of genomics and proteonics for transplantation. [Plenary Lecture] XIX Int'l Congress Transplantation, Miami, FL, Aug 25-30, 2002.

Heeger PS, Gebrauer B, Schulak JA, Tary-Lehmann M, Greenspan N, Hricik DE. Post transplant immune monitoring by elispot reveals differences between patients with and without acute rejection [Abstract 1067] American Transplant Congress, Washington DC, Apr 25 - May 1, 2002.