Endothelin in organ transplantation

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-161

  Watschinger, B ^a   Sayegh, M H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokines; Endothelin; immunosuppression; rejection; transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 2; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GROWTH FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INULIN; MESSENGER RNA; OKT 3; PEPTIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEINASE; SARAFOTOXIN; SODIUM; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THROMBIN; THROMBOXANE A2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MACROPHAGE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; UVEITIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030069542     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(96)90045-1     Document Type: Article

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