Sustained apoptosis in human cardiac allografts despite histologic resolution of rejection

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 859-864

  Masri, Sofia C ^a   Yamani, Mohamad H ^a   Russell, Mary A ^a   Ratliff, Norman B ^a   Yang, Jiacheng ^a   Almasan, Alex ^a   Apperson hansen, Carolyn ^a   Li, Jianbo ^a   Starling, Randall C ^a   McCarthy, Patrick ^a   Young, James B ^a   Bond, Meredith ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0141590405     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000084824.70320.DA     Document Type: Article

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