Acute allograft rejection and immunosuppression: Influence on endogenous melatonin secretion

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Cardell, Markus ^a   Jung, Florian Johannes ^a   Zhai, Wei ^a   Hillinger, Sven ^a   Welp, Andre ^b   Manz, Bernhard ^c   Weder, Walter ^a   Korom, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Labor Diagnostika Nord   (Germany)

^c Labor Centrum Nordhorn   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Endogenous melatonin; Immunosuppression; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; MELATONIN; RAPAMYCIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALS; CYCLOSPORINE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SIROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 40849139436     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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