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Immunomodulation in transplantation with photopheresis
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033-4612, USA.
Artificial Organs
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
Photopheresis is a technique in which peripheral blood mononuclear cells, in the presence of a photoactivatable compound, are exposed extracorporeally to ultraviolet A light and reinfused, inducing a host autoregulatory immune response. Experimental work and ongoing clinical studies are helping to define the role of this novel, safe, and non-toxic immunomodulating technology in the field of transplantation.