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Mitigation of the inflammatory response to bioprosthetic heart valve tissue through antigen-directed masking
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-165).
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| author | Du Plessis, Engela Helena |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/2777 Mitigation of the inflammatory response to bioprosthetic heart valve tissue through antigen-directed masking Du Plessis, Engela Helena Human, Paul Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-165). This research was firstly directed to characterise the immune response to bioprosthetic heart valves in patients as well as in animal models. The study further demonstrated that the glutaraldehyde concentration applied to commercial heart valves is insufficient to mask the antigenicity of the tissue, therefore an method of masking antigens to mitigate the inflammatory response is needed. 2014-07-28T08:25:08Z 2014-07-28T08:25:08Z 2009 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2777 eng application/pdf Division of Cardiology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Du Plessis, Engela Helena Mitigation of the inflammatory response to bioprosthetic heart valve tissue through antigen-directed masking |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Mitigation of the inflammatory response to bioprosthetic heart valve tissue through antigen-directed masking |
| title_full | Mitigation of the inflammatory response to bioprosthetic heart valve tissue through antigen-directed masking |
| title_fullStr | Mitigation of the inflammatory response to bioprosthetic heart valve tissue through antigen-directed masking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mitigation of the inflammatory response to bioprosthetic heart valve tissue through antigen-directed masking |
| title_short | Mitigation of the inflammatory response to bioprosthetic heart valve tissue through antigen-directed masking |
| title_sort | mitigation of the inflammatory response to bioprosthetic heart valve tissue through antigen directed masking |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2777 |
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