Ajoene inhibits the activation of human endothelial cells induced by porcine cells: Implications for xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 368-373

  Benatuil, Lorenzo ^a   Apitz Castro, Rafael ^a   Romano, Egidio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Ajoene; Chimerism; Endothelial cells; Pig cells; Thrombotic disorders; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

AJOENE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DISULFIDE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GARLIC EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BABOON; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHIMERA; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GARLIC; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; SWINE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TIME; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISULFIDES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; SWINE; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0042367714     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.2003.02016.x     Document Type: Article

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