The Effect of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Ligands in Rat Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy and Fibrosis

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3271-3273

  Tuuminen, R ^a   Nykanen A ^a   Keranen M A ^a   Krebs, R ^a   Alitalo, K ^a   Koskinen, P K ^a   Lemstrom K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTRALIPID; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR C; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR D;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DARK AGOUTI RAT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSGENE; WISTAR FURTH RAT;

ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEPENDOVIRUS; FIBROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, INBRED WF; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33845445121     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.056     Document Type: Article

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