Histopathologic characterization of mild rejection (grade I) in skin biopsies of human hand allografts

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-63

  Hautz, Theresa ^a   Zelger, Bettina ^b   Brandacher, Gerald ^a,c   Mueller, Hansgeorg ^a   Grahammer, Johanna ^a   Zelger, Bernhard ^a   Andrew Lee, Wp ^c   Cavadas, Pedro ^d   Margreiter, Raimund ^a   Pratschke, Johann ^a   Schneeberger, Stefan ^a,c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

adhesion molecules; composite tissue allotransplantation; cutaneous inflammatory disorders; hand transplantation; perivascular dermal infiltrate; skin rejection

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIBODY; CD68 ANTIBODY; CD8 ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; PADGEM PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT REJECTION; UPREGULATION;

BIOPSY; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 83955165903     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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