The presence of immune stimulatory cells in fresh and cryopreserved donor aortic and pulmonary valve allografts

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 315-325

  Oei, Frans B S ^a   Stegmann, Alexander P A ^a   van der Ham, Frieda ^a   Zondervan, Pieter E ^a   Vaessen, Len M B ^a   Baan, Carla C ^a   Weimar, Willem ^a   Bogers Ad, J J C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN S 100; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEGENERATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DETERIORATION; DISSECTION; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY VALVE; STROMA; SUBENDOTHELIUM; SURFACE PROPERTY; T LYMPHOCYTE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; AORTIC VALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PULMONARY VALVE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036262216     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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