Elevated mRNA levels of CTLA-4, FoxP3, and Granzyme B in BAL, but not in blood, during acute rejection of lung allografts

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-32

  Madsen, Caroline B ^a   Nørgaard, Astrid ^a   Iversen, Martin ^a   Ryder, Lars P ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic T cell; FoxP3; Lung transplantation; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GRANULYSIN; GRANZYME B; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 78449247093     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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