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Cervical Heterotopic Mouse Heart Transplantation using End-to-side Anastomosis Technique to Study Transplant Immunology
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2026
This protocol presents a simplified, end-to-side suture anastomosis technique for murine cervical heart transplantation, providing a robust and reproducible model for studying transplant immunology.
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Murine Full-thickness Skin Transplantation
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2017
Murine full-thickness skin transplantation is a well-established model to study rejection in an alloimmune setting. Here, we provide a tutorial of each step involved in performing a BALB/c-->C57BL/6 full-thickness skin transplant.
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A Modified Method for Heterotopic Mouse Heart Transplantion
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2014
A technique is demonstrated for the microsurgical procedure for heterotopic transplantation of hearts in mice, including simplified methods for donor harvesting and recipient vessel anastomosis.
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Orthotopic Left Lung Transplantation in Rats
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2025
This protocol describes an improved technique for orthotopic left lung transplantation in rats, focusing on reducing operational difficulty and improving survival rates.
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Cellular Impedance-Based Survival Kinetics Assay to Assess Virus Survival
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2025
This video describes a cellular impedance-based technique to study the survival kinetics of viruses that induce cytopathic effects. The method measures the electrical impedance of virus-infected adherent cells pre-treated with saline.
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Blood supply and tissue integration determine whether a graft can remain viable after transplantation. A new graft must connect functionally with the recipient rather than merely occupy the target site. Studying these processes helps explain why early biological integration is central to continued graft function and why transplant protocols focus on conditions that support survival.
Donor antigens provide the immune system with signals that distinguish transplanted material from the recipient’s own tissues. When those antigens are recognized as foreign, the recipient may mount a rejection response, threatening graft function. This host–donor interaction makes antigen recognition a central biological issue in transplant survival research and connects immune behavior with transplant durability.
Immunosuppressive treatment can limit the immune response directed against donor tissue, helping preserve graft function. Its use requires careful management because transplant survival depends on controlling rejection while maintaining suitable conditions for the recipient and graft. This balance makes immunosuppression an important part of studying how immune tolerance and long-term viability are related.
Donor matching matters because differences between donor and recipient can influence how readily the recipient’s immune system recognizes donor antigens as foreign. Better matching is therefore connected to strategies for limiting rejection and supporting continued graft function. In biology and medicine, this relationship helps researchers refine transplantation protocols and understand host–donor compatibility.
Studies of transplant survival can connect blood supply, tissue integration, immune recognition, and graft function over time. Examining these relationships helps identify how host–donor interactions influence whether transplanted organs, tissues, or cell populations remain viable. The resulting biological understanding supports evaluation of transplantation protocols and informs research on immune tolerance and tissue repair.
Transplant survival research contributes to regenerative medicine by clarifying how transplanted cells and tissues integrate with a recipient and how immune responses affect their persistence. These findings can guide strategies intended to support tissue repair, improve graft function, and promote immune tolerance. The same principles extend beyond whole-organ transplantation to broader efforts involving living biological material.