Serial Peripheral Blood Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Gene Expression Measurements for Prediction of Pancreas Transplant Rejection

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3676-3677

  Cashion, A K ^a   Sabek, O M ^a   Driscoll, C J ^a   Gaber, L W ^a   Gaber, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME B; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PERFORIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRANZYMES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 33845435388     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.113     Document Type: Article

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