Influence of human fulminant hepatic failure sera on endogenous retroviral expression in pig hepatocytes

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-84

  Nyberg, Scott L ^a   Hibbs, Jonathan R ^a   Hardin, Joseph A ^a   Germer, Jeffrey J ^a   Platt, Jeffrey L ^a   Paya, Carlos V ^a   Wiesner, Russell H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SWINE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0034049078     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500060105     Document Type: Article

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