Purine metabolism in pigs and humans and its implications for xenotransplantation

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 263-266

  Smolenski, R T ^a,b   Khalpey, Z ^a   Yuen, A ^a   Dziewit, H ^b   Slominska, E M ^b   Borkowski, T ^b   Zdunek, M ^b   Kochan, Z ^b   Karbowska, J ^b   Lavitrano, M ^c   Yacoub, M H ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ATP; Ecto 5 Nucleotidase; Nucleotides; Purine Metabolites; UTP; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ECTO 5' NUCLEOTIDASE; HYPOXANTHINE; INOSINE; NUCLEOTIDE; URACIL; URIC ACID; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PURINE METABOLISM; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MYOCARDIUM; PURINES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 22044436408     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/NCN-59701     Document Type: Article

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