Kinetics of phytohemaglutinin-induced IFN-γ and TNF-α expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with chronic hepatitis B after liver transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 4574-4578

  Tang, Ying Mei ^a   Chen, Min Hu ^a   Chen, Gui Hua ^a   Cai, Chang Jie ^a   He, Xiao Shun ^a   Lu, Min Giang ^a   Bao, Wei Min ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

HBV; Liver transplantation; PBMC; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 23844453765     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i29.4574     Document Type: Article

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