Antithymocyte globulin is associated with complement deposition in cardiac transplant biopsies

Human Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1273-1280

  Baldwin III, William M ^a   Armstrong, Lauren P ^a   Samaniego Picota, Milagros ^a,b   Rahimi, Salma ^a   Zachary, Andrea A ^b   Kasper, Edward K ^b   Conte, John V ^b   Hruban, Ralph H ^a   Rodriguez, E Rene ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

antithymocyte globulin; C4d; complement; transplant

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILL; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; FROZEN SECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; BIOPSY; CELL MOVEMENT; COMPLEMENT C4B; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOANTIBODIES; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8844239200     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.05.015     Document Type: Article

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