Correlation between augmenter of liver regeneration and IFN-γ expression in graft after rat orthotopic liver transplantation

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 968-973

  Liang, Shaoyong ^a,b   Chen, Yong ^b   Long, Feiwu ^b   Li, Jinzheng ^b   Cheng, Mingxiang ^b   Shi, Yujun ^c   Gong, Jianping ^b  

^a CHONGQING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Augmenter of liver regeneration; Interferon ; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOGRAFT; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED LEW; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84869088398     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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