Beneficial effect of an antibody against interleukin-2 receptor (daclizumab) in an experimental model of hepatocyte xenotransplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1435-1437

  Papagoras, Dimitrios ^a   Papalois, Apostolos ^a,b   Tsaroucha, Alexandra ^a   Lytras, Dimitrios ^a   Kyriazanos, John ^a   Giannakou, Nikoletta ^c   Laftsidis, Prodromos ^a   Simopoulus, Constantine ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ELPEN Pharmaceuticals   (Greece)

^c AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin; Daclizumab; Hepatocytes; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34247353799     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i9.1435     Document Type: Article

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