Cellular changes in lymph nodes and spleen following skin homografting in the rabbit.

‘Actively Acquired Tolerance’ of Foreign Cells

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Quantitative studies on tissue transplantation immunity. II. The origin, strength and duration of actively and adoptively acquired immunity

R. E. Billingham, L Brent, Peter Medawar · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1954 · 429 citations

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A second study of the behaviour and fate of skin homografts in rabbits: A Report to the War Wounds Committee of the Medical Research Council.

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Passive transfer of transplantation immunity

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