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 rejection