Mouse Heterotopic Cervical Cardiac Transplantation Utilizing Vascular CuffsWenjun Li 1, Hailey M. Shepherd 1, Alexander S. Krupnick 2, Andrew E. Gelman 1,3, Kory J. Lavine 4, Daniel Kreisel 1,3
1Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 2Department of Surgery, The University of Maryland, 3Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
Mouse cardiac transplantation models represent valuable research tools for studying transplantation immunology. The present protocol details mouse heterotopic cervical cardiac transplantation that involves the placement of cuffs on the recipient's common carotid artery and the donor's pulmonary artery trunk to allow for laminar blood flow.
