Intragraft 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