THE CORRELATION OF INTRAGRAFT CYTOKINE EXPRESSION WITH REJECTION IN RAT SMALL INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION
McDIARMID S, FARMER D, KUNIYOSHI J, ROBERT M, KHADAVI A, SHAKED A, BUSUTTIL R. THE CORRELATION OF INTRAGRAFT CYTOKINE EXPRESSION WITH REJECTION IN RAT SMALL INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION. Transplantation 1994, 58: 690-697. PMID: 7940688, DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199409270-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall intestine transplantationInterleukin-6Reverse transcriptase-PCRTNF-alphaInterleukin-2IFN-gammaPOD 14POD 3POD 7Cytokine expressionTumor necrosis factor alphaIntragraft cytokine expressionSeverity of rejectionEvidence of rejectionIL-2 receptorNecrosis factor alphaSemiquantitative reverse transcriptase-PCRRat small intestineExpression of mRNAIntestine transplantationGraft lossLewis recipientsHistologic rejectionIntragraft expressionMild rejectionIntragraft Expression of Messenger RNA for Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Is a Predictor of Rat Small Intestine Transplant Rejection
Farmer D, McDiarmid S, Kuniyoshi J, Robert M, Shaked A, Busuttil R. Intragraft Expression of Messenger RNA for Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Is a Predictor of Rat Small Intestine Transplant Rejection. Journal Of Surgical Research 1994, 57: 138-142. PMID: 8041128, DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1994.1121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall intestine transplantationInterleukin-6Intragraft expressionPOD 5MRNA expressionIL-6 mRNA expressionRTPCR analysisDetection of rejectionMessenger RNAPostoperative day 3Interleukin-2 receptorTumor necrosis factorUseful diagnostic adjunctTranscriptase-polymerase chain reactionBeta-scintillation countingIntestine transplantationIntestinal histopathologyPOD 8Transplant rejectionPolymerase chain reactionTumor necrosisIL-2RNecrosis factorAllograftsDiagnostic adjunct