Increased urinary nitrate excretion associated with hepatic allograft rejection in experimental rat models and clinical cases

Transplant International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 260-265

  Uchiyama, H ^a   Yanaga, Katsuhiko ^a   Kishihara, Kenji ^b   Nomoto, Kikuo ^b   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Nitric oxide; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OKT 3; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN CELL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUROMONAB-CD3; NITRATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED LEW; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0033829258     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050700     Document Type: Article

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