Early growth responsive gene (Egr)-1 expression correlates with cardiac allograft rejection

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-111

  Autieri, Michael V ^a   Kelemen, Sheri E ^a   Gaughan, John P ^a   Eisen, Howard J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Egr 1; Rejection

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CORONARY VESSELS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 3142743801     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000132325.26299.D5     Document Type: Article

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