Inflammation and endothelial activation are linked to renal function in long-term kidney transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-87

  Cottone, Santina ^a,b   Palermo, Alessandro ^b   Vaccaro, Francesco ^b   Mulè, Giuseppe ^b   Guarneri, Marco ^b   Arsena, Rosalia ^b   Vadalà, Anna ^b   Cerasola, Giovanni ^b  

^a Università di Palermo ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Chronic renal insufficiency; Inflammation; Renal transplantation; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CREATININE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33845664072     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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