Immunosuppressive protocols with tacrolimus after cryopreserved aortal allotransplantation in rats

Abstract

Both immunosuppressed protocols with tacrolimus (administration from day 1 or from day 7 following transplantation) were able to suppress acute cell- and antibody-mediated rejection of cryopreserved abdominal aortic allografts processed in accordance with our new standardized clinical protocol.