Analysis of the polymorphism of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) gene and promoter and of circulating TNF-alpha levels in heart-transplant patients suffering or not suffering from severe rejection

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 249-255

  Abdallah, A N ^a   Cucchi Mouillot, P ^c   Biteau, N ^a,b   Cassaigne, A ^b   Haras, D ^c   Iron, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032839628     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.1999.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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