Redundancy of the cytokine network in the development of rejection after clinical heart transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Baan, C C ^a   Holweg, C H J ^a   Van Gelder, T ^a   Knoop, C J ^a   Niesters, H G M ^a   Zondervan, P ^a   Mochtar, B ^a   Balk, A H M M ^a   Weimar, W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti interleukin 2 receptor monoclonal antibodies; Interleukin 15; Prophylaxis; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031613579     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1998.tb01193.x     Document Type: Article

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