Gene expression analysis of calcineurin isoforms in T-lymphocytes - a method applied on kidney-transplant recipients

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 24-27

  Mortensen, D M ^a   Roge R ^a   Ozbay A ^a   Koefoed Nielsen, P B ^a   Jorgensen K A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Immunosupression; Kidney transplantation; Real time PCR; Reference genes; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCINEURIN PHOSPHATASE AALPHA; CALCINEURIN PHOSPHATASE ABETA; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD3 EPSILON CHAIN; CYCLOPHILIN B; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCINEURIN PHOSPHATASE; ISOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CALCINEURIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77953812708     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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