Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2): A protagonist in cardiac allograft vasculopathy development?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 881-887

  Pantou, Malena P ^a   Manginas, Athanasios ^a   Alivizatos, Peter A ^a   Degiannis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

cardiac allograft transplantation; cardiac allograft vasculopathy; CCN2; CTGF; everolimus; serum; SNP

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; EVEROLIMUS; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA; SIROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863318638     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.02.034     Document Type: Article

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