Antithymocyte globulin facilitates alloreactive T-cell apoptosis by means of caspase-3: Potential implications for monitoring rejection-free outcomes

Transplantation

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 164-170

  Ashok kumar, Chethan ^a   Sun, Qing ^a   Ningappa, Mylarappa ^a   Higgs, Brandon W ^a   Mazariegos, George ^a   Zeevi, Adriana ^b   Sindhi, Rakesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CATHEPSIN B; CD40 LIGAND; PHIPHILUX; REAGENT; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CTSB PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOKINE; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD154+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE GRAFT REJECTION; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NICK END LABELING; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; APOPTOSIS; BIOMARKERS; CASPASE 3; CATHEPSIN B; CD40 LIGAND; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920159259     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000289     Document Type: Article

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