Adenoviral cardiotrophin-1 transfer improves survival and early graft function after ischemia and reperfusion in rat small-for-size liver transplantation model

Transplant International

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-383

  Song, Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Ye Wei ^a   Yao, Ai Hua ^a   Yu, Yue ^a   Hua, Zhi Yuan ^a   Pu, Li Yong ^a   Li, Guo Qiang ^a   Li, Xiang Cheng ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Sheng, Guo Qing ^c   Wang, Xue Hao ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cardiotrophin 1; Genetic therapy; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Liver transplantation; Small for size graft

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CARDIOTROPHIN 1; CASPASE 3; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; UPREGULATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REPERFUSION INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 40449129486     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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