Increased Rac2 mRNA expression in peripheral blood during human corneal graft rejection

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 461-469

  Huang, M C ^a,b   Tullo, A B ^c   Hillarby, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Array; Cornea; Gene expression; Rejection; Transplant

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RAC2 PROTEIN; STEROID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RAC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD18 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAXILLIN GENE; RAC2 GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOA GENE; UPREGULATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149108792     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.306     Document Type: Article

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