Cytokine mRNA expression during experimental corneal allograft rejection

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 453-461

  Torres, Paulo F ^a,b   De Vos, Alex F ^b   Van Der Gaag, Ruth ^b   Martins, Berta ^c   Kijlstra, Aize ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Corneal transplantation; Cytokines; Graft rejection; Interferon; Interleukins; mRNA; Rat; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030273077     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0135     Document Type: Article

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