The molecular phenotype of kidney transplants: Personal viewpoint

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2215-2222

  Halloran, P F ^a,b   De Freitas, D G ^b   Einecke, G ^c   Famulski, K S ^b   Hidalgo, L G ^b   Mengel, M ^a,b   Reeve, J ^a   Sellares, J ^a   Sis, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody mediated rejection; kidney biopsies; microarrays; rejection; T cells; transplants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ALLOGRAFT; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FIBROSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77957201743     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03267.x     Document Type: Review

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