[HTML][HTML] Tolerance induction or sensitization in mice exposed to noninherited maternal antigens (NIMA)

ML Molitor‐Dart, J Andrassy, LD Haynes… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Developmental exposure to noninherited maternal antigens (NIMA) exerts a tolerizing or
sensitizing influence on clinical transplantation in humans and experimental animals. The
aim of this study was to determine if strain and gender differences influence the NIMA effect.
Six different mouse strain backcross matings of F 1 females with homozygous males ('NIMA
backcross') and corresponding control breedings of F1 males with homozygous females
were performed. H‐2 homozygous offspring underwent heterotopic heart transplantation …