Sex differences in response to cyclosporine immunosuppression in experimental kidney transplantation

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 574-579

  Muller, Veronika ^a   Szabo, Attila J ^a   Erdely, Aaron ^b   Tain, You Lin ^c,d   Baylis, Chris ^c,e  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Immunosuppression; Kidney transplantation; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECIPIENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CYCLOSPORINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 41749107710     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04841.x     Document Type: Article

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