Nerve xenograft transplantation - Immunosuppression with FK-506 and RS-61443

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Hebebrand, D [1 ]
Zohman, G [1 ]
Jones, NF [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,HAND CTR,LOS ANGELES,CA 90095
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10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80391-9
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R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学(修复外科学)];
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An experimental model has been developed to study the potential transplantation of nerve xenografts using the newer immunosuppressive agents RS-61443 and FK-506. Sciatic nerve grafts of 2 cm were transplanted from donor Golden Syrian hamsters into a 0.5 cm gap in the sciatic nerve of recipient Lewis rats. Walking track analysis, somatosensory evoked potentials and histology demonstrated improved regeneration across the nerve xenografts that had been immunosuppressed with RS-61443 and FK-506 compared with non-immunosuppressed controls, but the function never approached that seen in control isografts, Regeneration across nerve xenografts immunosuppressed with FK-506 was better than xenografts immunosuppressed with RS-61443.
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