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. DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199409000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall intestine transplantationReverse transcriptase-PCRInterleukin-2POD 14POD 3POD 7Cytokine expressionIL-6Tumor necrosis factor αIntragraft cytokine expressionSeverity of rejectionEvidence of rejectionIL-2 receptorNecrosis factor αSemiquantitative reverse transcriptase-PCRRat small intestineExpression of mRNAIntestine transplantationLewis recipientsHistologic rejectionAllograft groupIntragraft expressionMild rejectionPOD 5Histologic evidence