History and Development of Experimental Microsurgery.- Organ Transplantation in Mice: Current Status and Future Prospects.- Experimental Microsurgery as an Educational Concept and Scientific Basis for a Research Group: Principles of the Technical Development of Animal Models in Transplantation Research.- Basic Requirements for Research with Small Rodents.- Guidelines for the Use and Care of Small Laboratory Animals in Transplantation Research.- Technical Aids and Training Program for Microsurgery.- Statistical Methods in Small Animal Experimentation.- In Vitro Analysis of Transplantation Experiments in Small Animals: Personal Experience and Practical Aspects.- Basic Microsurgical Techniques for Rat Organ Transplantation.- Microsurgical Techniques for Vascular Anastomoses: Suture and Cuff Technique.- Heart Transplantation.- Techniques of Skin, Renal, and Vascular Transplantation in the Rat.- Microsurgical Techniques for Small Bowel Transplantation in Rats.- Technique of Rat Islet Transplantation.- Pancreas Transplantation in Rats.- Combined Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation.- Liver Transplantation.- Lung and Thoracic Heart-Lung Transplantation.- Combined Abdominal Organ Transplantation.- Basic Microsurgical Techniques for Mouse Organ Transplantation....- Surgical Technique for Skin Transplantation in Mice.- Surgical Technique for Vascularized Ear Transplantation in Mice.- A Microsurgical Technique for Orthotopic Aorta Transplantation in Mice.- Pancreatic Islet and Proislet Transplantation in the Mouse Model.- Vascular Thymus Transplantation in Mice.- Surgical Techniques for Mouse Heart Transplantation.- Microsurgical Techniques for Kidney Transplantation in Mice.- Microsurgical Techniques for Small Bowel Transplantation in Mice.- Surgical Techniques for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Mice.- Immunological Concepts and Techniques.- Concepts and Mechanisms of Immune Activation, Graft Rejection, Immunosuppression, and Tolerance.- Immunogenetic Basis of Organ Graft Rejection in Rat and Mouse.- Oral Feeding and Intrathymic Injection of MHC Class I-derived Allopeptides Prolong Graft Survival.- Microchimerism in Organ Transplantation.- Gene Transfer and Tolerance Induction.- Lessons from Knockout and Transgenic Mice.- Immunological Methods in Small Animal Research.- Analytical Methods in Molecular Biology.- Vascular and Cardiac Transplantation in Rats.- Venovenous Allotransplantation in the Rat.- Segmental Femoral Artery Allografts: Histomorphological Analysis of the Rejection Response in Inbred Rat Strains.- Chronic Rejection of Vascularized Organ Grafts in Rodent Models.- Immunosuppression in Experimental Heart Transplantation.- The Use of Rat Heterotopic Heart Transplantation Models to Characterize the Immunosuppressive Activities of Leflunomide.- Lymphatic Reconstruction after Intestinal Transplantation in Rats.- Small Bowel Transplantation.- Immunological Phenomenon after Small Bowel Transplantation.- Mucosal Immunology of the Small Bowel.- Function Studies After Small Bowel Transplantation in the Rat.- Methods and Effects of Immunosuppression After Small Bowel Transplantation in the Rat.- Macrophage Depletion in Small Animal Transplant Models.- Combined Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation - The Tolerogenic Effect on the Liver.- Pancreas and Islet Transplantation in Rats.- Immunological Basis of Pancreas Transplantation - Experimental Studies in the Rat.- Immunosuppression After Pancreas Transplantation.- Graft-Versus-Host Reaction After Pancreas Transplantation in the Rat.- Management of Exocrine Secretion in Experimental Pancreas Transplantation in Rats.- Results After Islet Transplantation in Rats.- Alginate-Encapsulated Islets in Rats.- Liver Transplantation in Rats.- Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in the Rat: Survival Relationship Between Different Strain Combinations.- Selective Immunosuppression After Orthotopic Rat Liver Transplantation with Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Adhesion Molecules and Activation Antigens.- Biological Effect of Heterotopic Liver Transplantation.- Immune Mechanisms of Liver Transplantation Tolerance in the Rat.- Xenotransplantation.- Experimental Concordant Xenografting in Small Animals.- Reduction of Xenoreactive Antibodies by the Pharmacon Antigen Variation Effect in a Discordant Xenotransplantation Model.- Technique of Plasmapheresis in the Xenogeneic Rat Model.- Preconditioning Bone Marrow Transplants for Successful Xenotransplantation in the Small Animal Model.- Transgenic Mouse Models and Knockout Mouse Models to Manipulate the Xenograft Response.- Novel Mouse Models for Xenotransplantation Research.- Transplantation Models in Human/Mouse Chimeras.- Solid Organ Transplants in Mice.- Development of Graft Vascular Disease in Transplanted Aortic Segments in Mice.- Results of Heart Transplantation in Mice.- Intestinal Transplantation in the Murine Model.- Renal Allografts in the Mouse and Donor-Specific Tolerance Induced by Antibody to CD45RB.- Donor-Specific Tolerance in Mouse Liver Transplantation.