Locally derived cytokines and upregulation of MHC class II genes in allografts

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 882-889

  Kittur, Dilip S ^a   Wilasrusmee, Chumpon ^a   Han, Wang Fan ^b   Xu, Renkui ^b   Burdick, James F ^b   Adler, William ^c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOGENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECIPIENT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036345428     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(02)00407-2     Document Type: Article

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