Naltrexone suppresses the rejection of cardiac tissue transplantation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Li, Yi F ^a   Wang, Jing X ^a   Shao, Li ^a   Ding, Gui F ^a   Ottaviani, Enzo ^b   Stefano, George B ^c,d   Bilfinger, Thomas V ^d   Fan, Shao G ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tissue transplantation; DNA synthesis; Mice; Mixed lymphocyte culture; Naltrexone; Opioid signal molecules

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; MITOMYCIN C; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MITOMYCIN; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

EID: 0032580149     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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