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Prolonged Skin Allograft Survival in Vitamin C-Deficient Guinea-Pigs
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1972
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Composite AllograftImmunologyTissue TransplantationDermatologyImmunotherapyRegenerative MedicineSkin Allograft SurvivalGraft SurvivalCell TransplantationXenotransplantationTransplantationVitamin CAutoimmunityTransplant ImmunologyProlonged SurvivalWound HealingTransplantation ImmunityMedicineGraft Rejection
Guinea-pigs, scorbutic on the day of transplantation, showed prolonged survival of skin allografts (MST 16.8 vs. 6.8 in controls). It is proposed that vitamin C plays an important role in transplantation immunity.