Differential expression of T-cell growth factors in rejecting murine islet and human renal allografts: Conspicuous absence of interleukin (IL)-9 despite expression of IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, and IL-15

Transplantation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-271

  Li, Xian Chang ^a   Schachter, Asher D ^b   Zand, Martin S ^a   Li, Yongsheng ^a   Zheng, Xin Xiao ^a   Harmon, William E ^b   Strom, Terry B ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 9;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-9; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0006472715     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199807270-00022     Document Type: Article

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