Uterine rejection after allogeneic uterus transplantation in the rat is effectively suppressed by tacrolimus

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 862-870

  Akhi, Shamima N ^a   Diaz Garcia, Cesar ^a,b   El Akouri, Randa R ^a   Wranning, Caiza A ^a   Mölne, Johan ^a   Brännström, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Rat; rejection; tacrolimus; transplantation; uterus

Indexed keywords

BIMOTRIM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUPRENORPHINE; CD200 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALTEPARIN; GALECTIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOGENEIC UTERUS TRANSPLANTATION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMIHYSTERECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNIVERSITY; UTERINE GRAFT REJECTION; UTERUS; UTERUS SURGERY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMOKINE CXCL10; FEMALE; GALECTIN 1; GRAFT REJECTION; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; NECROSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED LEW; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UTERUS;

EID: 84875224767     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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