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ArticleBioscience reports2018

Botulinum toxin A increases allograft tolerance in an experimental transplantation model: a preliminary study.

Yun Joo Park, Jang Won Lee, Yosep Chong, Tae Hwan Park

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Article in Bioscience reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yun Joo ParkDepartment of Radiology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, 22, Gwanpyeong-ro 170 beon-gil, Dongan-gu, Anyang 14068, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Jang Won LeeDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, 59 Yatap-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 13496, Republic of Korea.
Yosep ChongDepartment of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Tae Hwan ParkDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, 59 Yatap-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 13496, Republic of Korea pspark0124@cha.ac.kr hard-piano@hanmail.net.
Catholic University of Korea · KRCHA University · KRCHA University Bundang Medical Center · KRHallym University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying novel and safe immunosuppressants is of crucial importance. Recently, there have been several studies revealing that botulinum toxin A (BoTA) significantly alleviates ischemia-reperfusion injuries. Emerging evidence shows that ischemia-reperfusion injuries contribute to innate immune activation, promoting rejection, and inhibiting tolerance. Therefore, we hypothesized that a pretreatment with BoTA might decrease allograft rejection in a rat transplantation model. Twenty-four Lewis (LEW) rats were randomly assigned into two groups consisting of 12 rats each, depending on whether skin allograft was performed after pretreatment with BoTA (BoTA group) or with normal saline (control group). The experimental group was pretreated with a subcutaneous injection of BoTA (10 IU), while the control group was pretreated with normal saline 5 days prior to surgery. The donor Brown-Norway (BN) rat dorsal skin was subsequently grafted to the recipient LEW rats. The recipient wounds, measuring 2 cm × 2 cm, were made via dorsal skin excision through the panniculus carnosus. The donor skins of the same dimensions were obtained and transplanted on to the wounds and sutured with 4-0 nylon sutures. Mean graft survival time was measured in both groups. Quantitative reverse-transcriptase PCR and Western blotting were performed to evaluate the gene/protein expression of CD4 and VEGF. The mean graft survival time in the BoTA group was significantly longer than that of the control group (

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Models, BiologicalSkin TransplantationAllograftsAnimalsBotulinum Toxins, Type ACD4 AntigensMaleRatsRats, Inbred LewTransplantation ToleranceVascular Endothelial Growth Factor ABotulinum Toxins, Type ACD4 AntigensVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Avascular endothelial growth factor A, ratbotulinum toxin Arejectionskintolerancetransplantation

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PMID29440559
PMCPMC5861327
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