Protosappanin A, an Immunosuppressive Constituent From a Chinese Herb, Prolongs Graft Survival and Attenuates Acute Rejection in Rat Heart Allografts

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3719-3722

  Wu, J ^a   Hou, J B ^a   Zhang, M M ^a   Zou, Y P ^a   Yu, B ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; GRANZYME B; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN; PROTOSAPPANIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAESALPINIA SAPPAN; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CAESALPINIA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRANZYMES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PERFORIN; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 57549104869     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.097     Document Type: Article

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