Differential role for competitive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and intracellular cytokine staining as diagnostic tools for the assessment of intragraft cytokine profiles in rejecting and nonrejecting heart allografts

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1453-1458

  Spriewald, Bernd M ^a   Hara, Masaki ^a   Bushell, Andrew ^a   Jenkins, Suzanne ^a,b   Morris, Peter J ^a   Wood, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033678351     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64783-9     Document Type: Article

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