Peaks of transforming growth factor-β mRNA in alveolar cells of lung transplant recipients as an early marker of chronic rejection

Transplantation

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 752-755

  Charpin, Jean Marie ^a   Valcke, Judith ^a   Kettaneh, Laurence ^a   Epardeau, Bernard ^b   Stern, Marc ^b   Israël Biet, Dominique ^a  

^a Hopital Laennec   (France)

^b FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; FIBROGENESIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECIPIENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0032521047     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199803150-00027     Document Type: Article

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