DONOR AND RECIPIENT PRETRANSPLANT CONDITIONING WITH NONLETHAL RADIATION AND ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM IMPROVES THE GRAFT SURVIVAL IN A RAT SMALL BOWEL TRANSPLANT MODEL1,2

Abstract

Donor preconditioning with 250 rd and or ALS combined with recipient preconditioning and donor-specific bone marrow infusions prevented GVHD and resulted in a transient mixed chimerism with inhibition of allograft rejection after small bowel transplantation.