Medical Center and University of Colorado, Denver 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Murine Kidney Transplant Technique Robert Plenter1,2, Swati Jain3, Chelsea M. Ruller4, Trevor L. Nydam4, Alkesh H. Jani3,5 1Colorado Center for Transplantation Care, Research and Education, University of Colorado, Denver, 2Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, 3Department of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Medical Center and University of Colorado, Denver, 4Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, University of Colorado-Denver, 5Renal Section, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center The goal of this manuscript is to describe the steps required to perform a kidney transplant in a mouse, paying particular attention to the details of the arterial anastomosis.
