Peripheral choline acetyltransferase is expressed by monocytes and upregulated during renal allograft rejection in rats

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 23-24

  Hecker, Andreas ^a   Lips, Katrin Susanne ^a   Pfeil, Uwe ^a   Kummer, Wolfgang ^a   Padberg, Winfried ^a   Grau, Veronika ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MONOCYTES; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33845958563     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:30:1:23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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